マレーシア

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

Malaysia

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the country in Southeast Asia. The katakana form マレーシア is standard; the ateji 馬来西亜 is historical and rarely seen.

Usage100%

Standard katakana spelling for the country name; usually written in kana.

馬来西亜まれーしあ

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form

Ateji (phonetic) kanji spelling; very rarely used in modern Japanese.

From English 'Malaysia', borrowed into Japanese as a country name. The ateji spelling 馬来西亜 is a phonetic rendering using kanji.