国こく際さい

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

international

Used as a noun or の-modifying noun, especially in compounds and set phrases referring to matters between countries or involving multiple nations.

• 東とう京きょうで国こく際さい会かい議ぎが開ひらかれた。

  An international conference was held in Tokyo.

• 彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで国こく際さい関かん係けいを学まなんでいる。

  She is studying international relations at university.

noun

diplomatic intercourse; relations between states

Obsolete noun sense referring to diplomatic intercourse or dealings between countries; in modern Japanese, 外交 or 国際関係 would usually be used depending on context.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「国こく際さい」が外がい交こう上じょうの交こう際さいを指さすことがある。

  In older texts, 国際 can refer to diplomatic intercourse.