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    3. 外国にルーツを持つ

    外国にルーツを持つ

    外がい国こくに​ル​ー​ツ​を​持もつ​

    to have foreign roots (through citizenship, ancestry, etc.)

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab35 strokes

    外国にルーツをもつ

    がいこくにルーツをもつ

    Verb

    1.
    to have foreign roots (through citizenship, ancestry, etc.), to have foreign ancestry

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    Characters that make up this word

    外
    そと・ほか・はず.す・はず.れる・と-…(5)
    outside
    Kanji
    国
    くに…(3)
    country
    Kanji
    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    ル
    ru
    Kana
    ー
    long vowel
    Kana
    ツ
    tsu
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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