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スイス (suisu) Japanese meaning: Switzerland | Kotomora

スイス

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イ

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Common word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Standard Japanese name for the country Switzerland.

from French Suisse

スイスは永えい世せい中ちゅう立りつ国こくとして知し

ら

れ

て

いる

。

Switzerland is known as a permanently neutral country.

来らい年ねんの夏なつ、スイスへ旅りょ行こうする予よ定ていです。

I plan to travel to Switzerland next summer.

Kanji

瑞congratulations
西west, Spain

Related words

瑞ずい
スイス is the standard modern Japanese word for Switzerland, while 瑞 is a rare kanji abbreviation used only in compounds like 瑞西.

Written forms

スイスUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for Switzerland; usually written in kana.
瑞西すいすUsage<1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used and mainly encountered in historical or stylized contexts.

Etymology

From French 'Suisse'.