渉しょう外がい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

public relations; client liaison; external affairs

Refers to the function or department responsible for dealing with outside parties, such as clients, partners, or the public. Common in corporate, governmental, and institutional settings.

彼かれは渉しょう外がい担当とうとうとして海かい外がいの取とり引

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He is in charge of external affairs and keeps in touch with overseas clients.

渉しょう外がい部ぶに問とい合あわせてください。

Please contact the public relations department.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が渉しょう外がいを担たん当とうするfor someone to be in charge of external affairs/PR
彼かの女じょはこの部ぶ署しょで渉しょう外がいを担たん当とうしている。
She's in charge of external affairs in this department.
渉しょう外がい業ぎょう務むを行おこなうto carry out client-liaison/PR duties
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんはまず渉しょう外がい業ぎょう務むを行おこなうことになる。
New employees will start out doing client-liaison work.

Kanji

渉ford, go cross, transit
外outside

Related words

広こう報ほうN1
広報 centers on disseminating information to the public or media, while 渉外 centers on direct liaison and negotiation with outside parties such as clients or partners.
外がい交こうN3
外交 usually refers to diplomacy between nations, whereas 渉外 is the broader term for handling external relations in corporate or institutional settings.

Word family

渉しょう外がい係がかり
liaison officer; public relations representative
渉しょう外がい部ぶ
liaison department; public relations department
渉しょう外がい私し法ほう
private international law; conflict of laws

Etymology

Compound of 渉 (cross over, interact) and 外 (outside). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in modern Japanese to denote external liaison and public relations.