Usage patterns 国こく 際さい 〈 事こと 〉 international ~ (conference, event, marriage, etc.)
An international conference will be held next month.
国こく 際さい 的てき な 〈 物もの 〉 an internationally-oriented ~
This university nurtures students with an international outlook.
Related words 世界的 means 'worldwide, global in scope', while 国際 focuses on relations or exchange between specific nations.
外交 is the modern word for official dealings between states, covering the meaning that 国際 expressed in its now-obsolete diplomatic sense.
国際 is the native Sino-Japanese word for international and is used broadly and formally, while インター is a katakana clipping used mostly inside compound names.
国際 is the everyday word for 'international' in modern Japanese, while 万国 is a more literary term used mainly in set compounds like 万国旗 .
Don't confuse with 国際 is a noun used attributively before another noun (国際関係 ), whereas 国際的 is a na-adjective that can stand alone or modify with な (国際的な問題 ).
異文化 focuses on cultural difference itself, whereas 国際 means 'international' and concerns relations between nations, so the two are easily mixed in phrases like 異文化交流 vs 国際交流 .
国内 refers strictly to matters within one country, whereas 国際 concerns relations or activities between multiple countries.
Word family· 113 international flight route; international airline service
internationalization
international; global; cosmopolitan
international exchange
internationally minded person; cosmopolitan; citizen of the world · international celebrity; international public figure
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international law
international character; international flavor
international language; world language; global lingua franca · constructed international auxiliary language
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Written forms 国こく 際さい Usage 100%
Standard modern spelling; commonly used before another noun, as in 国際会議 and 国際関係 .
國こく 際さい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Old-character form of 国際 ; useful for searching older texts or traditional-style writing, but not the normal modern spelling.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 国 , 'country', and 際 , 'between, border, occasion'; the spelling transparently points to matters between countries.
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