開かい国こく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

opening a country to the world; ending national seclusion

Most familiar in historical contexts, especially Japan ending 鎖国 and opening diplomatic or commercial relations with foreign countries. Used as a noun or as the intransitive する verb 開国する.

See also: 鎖国

• 日本にほんは十じゅう九きゅう世せい紀き半なかばに開かい国こくした。

  Japan opened to the world in the mid-nineteenth century.

• 幕ばく末まつの開かい国こくは社しゃ会かいに大おおきな変へん化かをもたらした。

  The opening of the country at the end of the Edo period brought major changes to society.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

founding a country; establishment of a state

Less common than 建国 for the founding of a country. Often feels historical or formal, as in phrases referring to the beginning or founder of a state.

• 彼かれはこの国くにの開かい国こくの祖そと呼よばれている。

  He is called the founder of this country.