Word Meaning 外相

がいしょう gaishou

外相 is read as がいしょう (gaishou) and means Foreign Minister.

Meaning

English

  1. Foreign Minister

Reading

Kana

がいしょう

Romaji

gaishou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 1707 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

外国為替相場

がいこくかわせそうば

rate of foreign exchange

閣外相

かくがいしょう

minister outside the cabinet

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう

prime minister also serving as foreign minister

外面

げめん

outer surface

外側

がいそく

exterior

外交

がいこう

diplomacy

外務

がいむ

foreign affairs

外部

がいぶ

outside (e.g. of a building)

外科

げか

department of surgery

外観

がいかん

outward appearance

外米

がいまい

foreign rice

外付

そとづけ

external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)

Example Sentences

4

がいしょうはらいしゅうあめりかをおとずれる。

the foreign minister will visit the United States next week.

Has the Foreign Secretary arrived yet?

The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.

The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.