Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

外交

/gaikō/Roman

English meaning: Diplomacy

Definition

Management of international relations through negotiation.

Usage — When, Where & How

Formal noun for diplomacy/foreign relations, used in news, government, and academic contexts. Can also describe interpersonal tact. Forms many compounds.

Common Collocations

  • 外交政策
  • 外交関係
  • 外交交渉
  • 二国間外交
  • 外交問題

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Literary Heritage

“明治の精神は明治天皇と共に始まって、明治天皇と共に終わった”

/Meiji no seishin wa Meiji tennō to tomo ni hajimatte, Meiji tennō to tomo ni owatta/

“The spirit of the Meiji era began with the Meiji Emperor and ended with the Meiji Emperor.”

Soseki Natsume · Novelist · 19th–20th century CE

Kokoro

Kokoro, Part III, 1914

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