your country; your hometown
Honorific term used when respectfully referring to the listener's native country or hometown. Often used in formal or polite conversation.
Which country are you from? (polite)
my home country (Japan)
Polite way to refer to one's own country, Japan, especially when speaking to someone from outside Japan. Carries a humble nuance about one's own country.
Refers to the countryside or rural areas, often with a nostalgic or traditional nuance. Can be used neutrally or affectionately.
daimyo's territory (Edo period)
Archaic term used in the Edo period to refer to the domain or territory of a daimyo. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.
お国の料理を教えてください。
Please tell me about the cuisine of your home country.
In my country (Japan), we don't have such a custom.
Having come from the countryside, I'm not used to city life.
I can't shake off my rural dialect.
In the Edo period, returning to one's domain was called 'okuni-iri'.
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
one's native dialect; regional accent
Standard polite/honorific spelling with honorific prefix お.
Polite form of 国 (くに, 'country') with the honorific prefix お. The reading おくに is a standard combination of お + くに.