国

Meaning

国 centers on a defined territory with its own identity: a country or nation. The meaning is straightforward and concrete.

• 国くに
  N4

  country; state

• 中国ちゅうごく
  N5

  China

• 韓国かんこく
  N5

  South Korea; Republic of Korea

• 全国ぜんこく
  N3

  the whole country

• 国内こくない
  N4

  within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

• 国民こくみん
  N3

  people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

• 国家こっか
  N2

  state; country; nation

• 国際こくさい
  N4

  international

• 外国がいこく
  N5

  foreign country

• 米国べいこく

  (United States of) America; USA; US

• 国会こっかい
  N3

  National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)

• 帝国ていこく
  N1

  empire

• 王国おうこく
  N1

  kingdom; monarchy

• 国立こくりつ
  N3

  national; founded and run by the central government

• 英国えいこく

  United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

• 天国てんごく
  N2

  paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

• 国境こっきょう
  N3

  border (between countries); national border

• 戦国せんごく

  country in civil war; country disarrayed by war

• 国籍こくせき
  N2

  nationality; citizenship

• 各国かっこく
  N1

  each country; every country; various countries; all countries

• 国連こくれん
  N1

  United Nations; UN

• 国王こくおう
  N2

  king; queen; monarch; sovereign

• 帰国きこく
  N4

  return to one's country

• 四国しこく

  Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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