外資系

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 外資系, read がいしけい, denotes a company’s foreign ownership or affiliation with an overseas corporate group.
• Basic usage: It describes working for a foreign-affiliated company and seeking a move to that kind of firm.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Affiliation rather than employee nationality
  • It describes a company’s foreign ownership or affiliation, not the nationality of its employees.