Japanese symbol for “cosmopolitan”
国際的
こくさいてき
Romaji: kokusaiteki
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
In Japanese, cosmopolitan is 国際的, read こくさいてき (kokusaiteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cosmopolitan”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| コスモポリタン | コスモポリタン kosumoporitan | cosmopolitan |
| 国際人 | こくさいじん kokusaijin | internationally minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite |
| 世界人 | せかいじん sekaijin | cosmopolitan; world citizen |
| 世渡り上手 | よわたりじょうず yowatarijouzu | having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan |
| 普通種 | ふつうしゅ futsuushu | cosmopolitan |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 国際 | こくさい kokusai | international |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 実際 | じっさい jissai | reality; actuality; truth |
| 交際 | こうさい kousai | company; friendship; association |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.