外がい国こくにルーツを持もつ

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

have foreign roots; have foreign ancestry

Used to describe a person whose family background, citizenship, or ancestry originates from another country. Often appears in discussions of multicultural identity.

• 彼かの女じょは外がい国こくにルーツを持もつが、日本にほんで生うまれ育そだった。

  She has foreign roots, but was born and raised in Japan.

• 外がい国こくにルーツを持もつ子こどもたちへの日本にほん語ご教きょう育いくが重じゅう要ようだ。

  Japanese language education for children with foreign roots is important.