外がい患かん

noun

external threat; foreign menace

Refers to threats or pressure from outside a country, often used in political or historical contexts. Commonly appears in the set phrase 内憂外患 (ないゆうがいかん, 'troubles at home and abroad').

• 当とう時じの日本にほんは外がい患かんに悩なやまされていた。

  Japan at that time was troubled by external threats.

• 内ない憂ゆう外がい患かんの時じ代だいに、国くには大おおきな決けつ断だんを迫せまられた。

  In an era of troubles both at home and abroad, the nation was forced to make major decisions.