かの国くに

noun

that country; that land

Refers to a country or land that is distant from both speaker and listener, often with a literary or poetic feel. Used in contrast to この国 (this country).

• かの国くにでは、こんな習しゅう慣かんはないだろう。

  In that country, such a custom probably doesn't exist.

• かの国くにから来きた手て紙がみを読よんだ。

  I read a letter that came from that distant land.

noun

nirvana; the Pure Land

Archaic Buddhist term referring to the enlightened state or the Pure Land (浄土). Rare in modern usage outside classical or religious contexts.

• かの国くにに往おう生じょうすることを願ねがう。

  I pray to be reborn in that Pure Land.