異い国こく情じょう緒ちょ

also: いこくじょうしょ

い

こ

く

じょ

う

ちょ

Meanings

1

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

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

Refers to the feeling or atmosphere of a foreign land, often used in travel writing, cultural descriptions, or when evoking a sense of the unfamiliar and alluring.

この街

まち

に

は

異い

国こく

情じょう

緒ちょ

が

あふれ

て

いる

。

This town is filled with an exotic atmosphere.

異い国こく情じょう緒ちょあふれる市いち場ばを散さん策さくした。

We strolled through a market brimming with exotic charm.

Kanji

異uncommon, different, queerness
国country
情feelings, emotion, passion
緒thong, beginning, inception

Related words

エキゾチック
異国情緒 is a formal noun for the 'exotic mood' itself, while エキゾチック is the loanword na-adjective used to describe things that have that mood.

Built from

異い国こく+情じょう緒ちょ

Written forms

異国情緒
- いこくじょうちょ
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading いこくじょうしょ is an irregular variant.
- いこくじょうしょ
  irregular kana usage
  Irregular reading; the standard reading is いこくじょうちょ.
いこくじょうしょ
irregular kana usage

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 異国 (foreign country) and 情緒 (emotion, mood, atmosphere). The irregular reading いこくじょうしょ is a variant of じょうちょ.