君くん国こく

noun

monarchy

Refers to the system of monarchy or the monarch's realm. Rare and literary; in modern Japanese, 君主制 (くんしゅせい) is the standard term for monarchy.

• 君くん国こくという言こと葉ばは、古ふるい文ぶん献けんで君くん主しゅ制せいを指さすことがある。

  The word 君国 sometimes refers to monarchy in old texts.

noun

monarch and nation

Emphasizes the unity of the sovereign and the state. Rare and archaic; not used in everyday speech.

• 君くん国こく一いっ体たいの思し想そうは、近きん代だい以い前ぜんの政せい治じ思し想そうに見みられる。

  The idea of the unity of monarch and nation is found in pre-modern political thought.