第だい三さん国ごく人じん

noun

national of a third country

Neutral legal/diplomatic term for a person from a country other than the two directly involved in a bilateral context. Not inherently derogatory.

• この協きょう定ていは第だい三さん国ごく人じんの権けん利りも保ほ護ごする。

  This agreement also protects the rights of nationals of third countries.

noun

foreign resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)

Historically used in post-WWII Japan to refer to former colonial subjects who remained in Japan. Now considered sensitive and potentially discriminatory; avoid in modern neutral contexts.

• 戦せん後ご、第だい三さん国ごく人じんと呼よばれた人ひと々びとは様さま々ざまな困こん難なんに直ちょく面めんした。

  After the war, people referred to as 'third-country nationals' faced various hardships.

• 「第だい三さん国ごく人じん」という表ひょう現げんは現げん在ざいでは差さ別べつ的てきとみなされることが多おおい。

  The expression '第三国人' is now often regarded as discriminatory.