他国

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 他国, read たこく, denotes a country other than one’s own from the current point of view.
• Basic usage: It contrasts another nation with one’s own or names the country to which a fictional envoy travels.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A country other than one’s own
  • It does not designate one fixed foreign country; it means another country relative to the current viewpoint.