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    3. 内地

    内地

    内ない地ち

    within the borders of a country

    KMT9News #32+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab10 strokes

    ないち

    Noun

    1.
    within the borders of a country, domestic soil
    2.
    inland, interior
    3.
    Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies), homeland, home
    historical term
    4.
    "mainland" Japan (i.e. Honshū)

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    彼かれは内ない地ちから来きた留りゅう学がく生せいだ。

    He is an international student from the mainland (Japan proper).

    KMT7Education
    内ない地ちへの旅りょ行こうは、海かい外がい旅りょ行こうよりも手て軽がるで人にん気きがある。

    Travel within Japan is easier and more popular than overseas travel.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    戦せん前ぜん、多おおくの人ひと々びとが内ない地ちから植しょく民みん地ちへ移い住じゅうした。

    Before the war, many people emigrated from Japan proper to the colonies.

    KMT9History
    明めい治じ時じ代だい、北ほっ海かい道どうは内ない地ちとは異ことなる行ぎょう政せい区く分ぶんが適てき用ようされた。

    During the Meiji era, Hokkaido was subject to different administrative divisions than Japan proper.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    内ない地ちと外がい地ちの経けい済ざい格かく差さは、当とう時じの社しゃ会かい問もん題だいの一ひとつであった。

    The economic disparity between Japan proper and its overseas territories was one of the social problems of that era.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    内
    うち…(6)
    inside・within・between・among・house…(1)
    地
    ground・earth
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