国籍

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 国籍(こくせき) means nationality, indicating the country to which someone belongs as a national.
• Basic usage: It is used for a field on an application or for groups containing people of different nationalities.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Different from place of origin
  • 出身地(しゅっしんち) refers to a place where someone was born or grew up, while 国籍 indicates their national affiliation.
• の before the noun
  • 国籍の異なる人々 means people of different nationalities. In this noun-modifying clause, の marks 国籍 as the subject of 異なる and can be replaced by が.