国内外(こくないがい)

Forms

国内(こくない) (domestic) + 外(がい) (outside/foreign). A compact way to express 'both within and outside the country.'

Usage

Common in news reporting, business writing, and formal contexts. Functions as a noun that modifies other nouns with の or appears with particles like から, で, and に.

Common collocations

• 国内外(こくないがい)の企業(きぎょう) (domestic and foreign companies)
• 国内外(こくないがい)から注目(ちゅうもく) (attention from home and abroad)
• 国内外(こくないがい)で活躍(かつやく)する (to be active both domestically and internationally)
• 国内外(こくないがい)に発信(はっしん)する (to communicate to audiences at home and abroad)