外がい部ぶ生せい

noun

student from an unaffiliated lower-level school

Used in educational contexts to refer to a student who enters a school (e.g., a high school or university) from an external institution, rather than from an affiliated feeder school. Often contrasted with 内部生 (internal student).

• この高こう校こうは内ない部ぶ生せいと外がい部ぶ生せいの割わり合あいが半はん々はんです。

  At this high school, the ratio of internal students to external students is about half and half.

• 外がい部ぶ生せいとして入にゅう学がくするには、一いっ般ぱん入にゅう試しを受うける必ひつ要ようがあります。

  To enroll as an external student, you need to take the general entrance exam.