ロシア

also: ロシヤ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Standard name for the country Russia.

from Russian Rossiya

ロシアは世せ界かいで一いち番ばん広ひろい国くにです。
Russia is the largest country in the world.
彼かれは来らい年ねんロシアに留りゅう学がくする予よ定ていだ。
He plans to study abroad in Russia next year.

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Kanji

露dew, tears, expose
西west, Spain
亜Asia, rank next, come after
魯foolish, Russia

Related words

露ろ
ロシア is the standard modern word for the country, while 露 is only an abbreviation used in compounds like 日露 or 対露.

Don't confuse with

露ろ
露西亜 is the older full ateji spelling for Russia, whereas 露 is just its abbreviated first character used in compound words.
ソビエト
ロシア is the modern nation that succeeded the ソビエト after its 1991 dissolution, so the two are not interchangeable historical entities.

Written forms

ロシアUsage98%
Standard katakana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
ロシヤUsage2%
Older katakana variant; now uncommon.
露西亜Usage<1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
- ロシア
  Ateji spelling; rarely used.
- ロシヤ
魯西亜Usage<1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
- ロシア
  Ateji spelling; rarely used.
- ロシヤ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian 'Rossiya'.