"国" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-国-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 国威, 国運, 国益 (kokueki) (ruby: (こく), (えき)), 国王 (kokuō) (ruby: (こく), (おう)), 国家 (kokka) (ruby: (こっ), ()), 国歌, 国花, 国会 (kokkai) (ruby: (こっ), (かい)), 国外 (kokugai) (ruby: (こく), (がい)), 国旗 (kokki) (ruby: (こっ), ()), 国技 (kokugi) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国境 (kokkyō) (ruby: (こっ), (きょう)), 国教 (kokkyō) (ruby: (こっ), (きょう)), 国軍 (kokugun) (ruby: (こく), (ぐん)), 国見, 国言葉, 国庫 (kokko) (ruby: (こっ), ()), 国語 (kokugo) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国構え (kunigamae) (ruby: (くに), (がま)), 国号 (kokugō) (ruby: (こく), (ごう)), 国債 (kokusai) (ruby: (こく), (さい)), 国際 (kokusai) (ruby: (こく), (さい)), 国策 (kokusaku) (ruby: (こく), (さく)), 国産 (kokusan) (ruby: (こく), (さん)), 国史 (kokushi) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国士 (kokushi) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国師, 国事 (kokuji) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国字 (kokuji) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国璽 (kokuji) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国主, 国情, 国辱, 国人, 国粋 (kokusui) (ruby: (こく), (すい)), 国是, 国勢 (kokusei) (ruby: (こく), (せい)), 国政 (kokusei) (ruby: (こく), (せい)), 国税, 国籍 (kokuseki) (ruby: (こく), (せき)), 国葬 (kokusō) (ruby: (こく), (そう)), 国造 (kokuzō) (ruby: (こく), (ぞう)), 国造り (kunizukuri) (ruby: (くに), (ずく)), 国俗, 国賊, 国体 (kokutai) (ruby: (こく), (たい)), 国土 (kokudo) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国道 (kokudō) (ruby: (こく), (どう)), 国内 (kokunai) (ruby: (こく), (ない)), 国難, 国費, 国賓 (kokuhin) (ruby: (こく), (ひん)), 国府 (kokufu) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国風, 国柄, 国宝 (kokuhō) (ruby: (こく), (ほう)), 国法 (kokuhō) (ruby: (こく), (ほう)), 国防 (kokubō) (ruby: (こく), (ぼう)), 国民 (kokumin) (ruby: (こく), (みん)), 国務 (kokumu) (ruby: (こく), ()), 国名 (kokumei) (ruby: (こく), (めい)), 国有 (kokuyū) (ruby: (こく), (ゆう)), 国立 (kokuritsu) (ruby: (こく), (りつ)), 国力 (kokuryoku) (ruby: (こく), (りょく)), 国連 (Kokuren) (ruby: (こく), (れん)), 日本国 (Nihon-koku) (ruby: (), (ほん), (こく)), 生国 (shōgoku) (ruby: (しょう), (ごく)) Derived forms (国定 (kokutei)): 国定教科書, 国定公園 (kokutei kōen) (ruby: (こく), (てい), (こう), (えん))

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くに)), kuni [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *konuy. Appears in the Kojiki of 712, the Nihon Shoki completed in 720, and the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759. Perhaps related to Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH, “geographic region: commandery, prefecture”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=くに}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*konuy|sort=くに}} Proto-Japonic *konuy, {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|郡|geographic region: commandery, prefecture}} 郡 (MC gjunH, “geographic region: commandery, prefecture”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くに}} 国(くに) • (kuni)
  1. a land, a large place Synonyms (a land): 大地 (daichi), 土地 (tochi), 陸地 (rikuchi)
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-fB-1Hkny Disambiguation of 'a land': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. a country in general, a region
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-84tl5acm
  3. a country as in a nation, a state Synonyms (nation): 国家 (kokka), 国土 (kokudo)
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-VUbfXjed Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 3 43 18 6 5 3 1 3 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 2 77 7 4 3 2 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 3 7 25 12 15 12 6 3 7 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 1 9 43 11 6 5 5 1 9 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 4 57 17 9 7 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 4 56 17 9 7 5 Disambiguation of 'nation': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
  4. the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-YMEdsxfA
  5. a province of ancient Japan
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-4g0zzh9P
  6. the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan Synonyms (ancient national government): 国府 (kokufu) (ruby: (こく), ())
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-wy7dhdr~ Disambiguation of 'ancient national government': 0 11 2 6 20 61 0
  7. one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home Synonyms (birthplace): 出生地 (shusshōchi), 生国 (shōgoku), 故郷 (furusato), 故郷 (kokyō)
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-TJ910FiE Disambiguation of 'birthplace': 4 3 0 2 3 3 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: (kuga) (ruby: (くが)) (english: part of a land)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (こく)), koku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 國 (MC kwok, “country, nation”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=こく}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|國|country, nation}} 國 (MC kwok, “country, nation”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こく}} 国(こく) • (koku)
  1. a land, a large place
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-fB-1Hkny1
  2. a country in general, a region
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-84tl5acm1
  3. a country as in a nation, a state
    Sense id: en-国-ja-noun-VUbfXjed1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 国 meaning in Japanese (13.2kB)

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      "form": "國",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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          "word": "国威"
        },
        {
          "word": "国運"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokueki",
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              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "益",
              "えき"
            ]
          ],
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        {
          "roman": "kokuō",
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              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
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              "王",
              "おう"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "kokka",
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              "国",
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            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国家"
        },
        {
          "word": "国歌"
        },
        {
          "word": "国花"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokkai",
          "ruby": [
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              "国",
              "こっ"
            ],
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              "会",
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            ]
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              "国",
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            ],
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              "外",
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            ]
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        },
        {
          "roman": "kokki",
          "ruby": [
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              "国",
              "こっ"
            ],
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              "旗",
              "き"
            ]
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          "word": "国旗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokugi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "技",
              "ぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国技"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokkyō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こっ"
            ],
            [
              "境",
              "きょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国境"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokkyō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こっ"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "きょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国教"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokugun",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "軍",
              "ぐん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国軍"
        },
        {
          "word": "国見"
        },
        {
          "word": "国言葉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokko",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こっ"
            ],
            [
              "庫",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国庫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokugo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国語"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kunigamae",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "くに"
            ],
            [
              "構",
              "がま"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国構え"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokugō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "号",
              "ごう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国号"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "債",
              "さい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国債"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "際",
              "さい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国際"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusaku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "策",
              "さく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国策"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "産",
              "さん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国産"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokushi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "史",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国史"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokushi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "士",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国士"
        },
        {
          "word": "国師"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国事"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国字"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "璽",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国璽"
        },
        {
          "word": "国主"
        },
        {
          "word": "国情"
        },
        {
          "word": "国辱"
        },
        {
          "word": "国人"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "粋",
              "すい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国粋"
        },
        {
          "word": "国是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "勢",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国勢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "政",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国政"
        },
        {
          "word": "国税"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuseki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "籍",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国籍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokusō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "葬",
              "そう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国葬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuzō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国造"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kunizukuri",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "くに"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ずく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国造り"
        },
        {
          "word": "国俗"
        },
        {
          "word": "国賊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokutai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国体"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokudo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "土",
              "ど"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国土"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokudō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国道"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokunai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国内"
        },
        {
          "word": "国難"
        },
        {
          "word": "国費"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuhin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "賓",
              "ひん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国賓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokufu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "府",
              "ふ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国府"
        },
        {
          "word": "国風"
        },
        {
          "word": "国柄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuhō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "宝",
              "ほう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国宝"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuhō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国法"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokubō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "防",
              "ぼう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国防"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokumin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "みん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国民"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokumu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国務"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokumei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国名"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuyū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "有",
              "ゆう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国有"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuritsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "りつ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国立"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokuryoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国力"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Kokuren",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "連",
              "れん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "国連"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Nihon-koku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "日本国"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shōgoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "生国"
        },
        {
          "sense": "国定 (kokutei)",
          "word": "国定教科書"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kokutei kōen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "公",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "園",
              "えん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "国定 (kokutei)",
          "word": "国定公園"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-国-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "grade-2-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss",
        "shinjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "国"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "part of a land",
      "roman": "kuga",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "陸",
          "くが"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "陸"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "くに"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "jpx-pro",
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        "sort": "くに"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *konuy",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *konuy. Appears in the Kojiki of 712, the Nihon Shoki completed in 720, and the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759. Perhaps related to Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH, “geographic region: commandery, prefecture”).",
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          "国",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "国(くに) • (kuni)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
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          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "a land",
          "word": "大地"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "tochi",
          "sense": "a land",
          "word": "土地"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "word": "陸地"
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      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-84tl5acm",
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      ]
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        {
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 3 43 18 6 5 3 1 3 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 2 77 7 4 3 2 1 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 3 7 25 12 15 12 6 3 7 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 9 43 11 6 5 5 1 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 57 17 9 7 5",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 56 17 9 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.",
          "ref": "1998 November 30 [1990 November 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太とアニマル惑星 (大長編ドラえもん; 10), 22nd edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 27",
          "roman": "Nippon? Kiita koto nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "太",
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            ],
            [
              "惑星",
              "プラネット"
            ],
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "図",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "くに"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "にっ"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ぽん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ねえねえ、今の地図みた⁉\nNē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉\nHey, did you see that map!?\nみた!いったいここはなんという国だろう。\nMita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.\nI did! I wonder what country this is.\nクニ?クニってなあに。\nKuni? Kuni tte nāni.\nCountry? What’s a country?\nアメリカとか中国とかいろいろあるじゃない。\nAmerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.\nYou know, countries. There are a bunch of them like America and China.\nぼくらは日本からきたんだけど…。\nBokura wa Nippon kara kita n da kedo….\nWe’re from Japan, by the way...\nニッポン?きいたことない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a country as in a nation, a state"
      ],
      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-VUbfXjed",
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "kokka",
          "sense": "nation",
          "word": "国家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "kokudo",
          "sense": "nation",
          "word": "国土"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "office",
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        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
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          "state"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-4g0zzh9P",
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "national",
          "national"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 2 6 20 61 0",
          "roman": "kokufu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "府",
              "ふ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "ancient national government",
          "word": "国府"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m moving back home.",
          "ref": "1994 January 20 [1988 December 17], Akira Oze, “第8話 酒蔵の子 [Child of the Brewery]”, in 夏子の酒 [Natsuko’s Saké], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, page 183",
          "roman": "Kuni ni ne…… kaeru no",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "来",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
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              "クニ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ううん……もう来ないと思う たぶん\nŪn……mō konai to omou tabun\nNo... I don’t think I’ll be coming back any time soon.\nどうして?\nDō shite?\nHow come?\n故郷にね……帰るの"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "birthplace",
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        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 2 3 3 86",
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          "sense": "birthplace",
          "word": "出生地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 2 3 3 86",
          "roman": "shōgoku",
          "sense": "birthplace",
          "word": "生国"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 2 3 3 86",
          "roman": "furusato",
          "sense": "birthplace",
          "word": "故郷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 2 3 3 86",
          "roman": "kokyō",
          "sense": "birthplace",
          "word": "故郷"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "other": "くに"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i]"
    }
  ],
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    "Kojiki",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "国"
}

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        "2": "ltc",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "國",
        "2": "country, nation"
      },
      "expansion": "國 (MC kwok, “country, nation”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 國 (MC kwok, “country, nation”).",
  "forms": [
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      "expansion": "国(こく) • (koku)",
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a land, a large place"
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      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-fB-1Hkny1",
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-84tl5acm1",
      "links": [
        [
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-国-ja-noun-VUbfXjed1",
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
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        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ],
        [
          "state",
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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}
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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading こく",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading こく",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading くに",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading くな",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading こ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading こう",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
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      "word": "国威"
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    {
      "word": "国運"
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    {
      "roman": "kokueki",
      "ruby": [
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "kokuō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
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        ],
        [
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    {
      "roman": "kokka",
      "ruby": [
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        [
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          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国家"
    },
    {
      "word": "国歌"
    },
    {
      "word": "国花"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokkai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こっ"
        ],
        [
          "会",
          "かい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国会"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokugai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国外"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こっ"
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        [
          "旗",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "国旗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokugi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
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        [
          "技",
          "ぎ"
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      ],
      "word": "国技"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokkyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こっ"
        ],
        [
          "境",
          "きょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国境"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokkyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こっ"
        ],
        [
          "教",
          "きょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国教"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokugun",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "軍",
          "ぐん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国軍"
    },
    {
      "word": "国見"
    },
    {
      "word": "国言葉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokko",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こっ"
        ],
        [
          "庫",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国庫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokugo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国語"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kunigamae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "くに"
        ],
        [
          "構",
          "がま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国構え"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokugō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "号",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国号"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "債",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国債"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "際",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国際"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "策",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "国策"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "産",
          "さん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国産"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
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          "史",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "士",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国士"
    },
    {
      "word": "国師"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国事"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国字"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "璽",
          "じ"
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      "word": "国璽"
    },
    {
      "word": "国主"
    },
    {
      "word": "国情"
    },
    {
      "word": "国辱"
    },
    {
      "word": "国人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "国粋"
    },
    {
      "word": "国是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
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          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
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          "せい"
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      ],
      "word": "国政"
    },
    {
      "word": "国税"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuseki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "籍",
          "せき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国籍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
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          "そう"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuzō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "造",
          "ぞう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国造"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kunizukuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "くに"
        ],
        [
          "造",
          "ずく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国造り"
    },
    {
      "word": "国俗"
    },
    {
      "word": "国賊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "体",
          "たい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国体"
    },
    {
      "sense": "国定 (kokutei)",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokutei kōen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "定",
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        ],
        [
          "公",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "園",
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      ],
      "sense": "国定 (kokutei)",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokudo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "土",
          "ど"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokudō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
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          "道",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokunai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "内",
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        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "国難"
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    {
      "word": "国費"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuhin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "賓",
          "ひん"
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      ],
      "word": "国賓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokufu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "府",
          "ふ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国府"
    },
    {
      "word": "国風"
    },
    {
      "word": "国柄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuhō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "宝",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "国宝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuhō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
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          "ほう"
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      ],
      "word": "国法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokubō",
      "ruby": [
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          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "防",
          "ぼう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国防"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokumin",
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        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "民",
          "みん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokumu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国務"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokumei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "名",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国名"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "有",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国有"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuritsu",
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        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "立",
          "りつ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kokuryoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "力",
          "りょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kokuren",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国連"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nihon-koku",
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          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōgoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "国",
          "ごく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生国"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "國",
      "tags": [
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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      "tags": [
        "grade-2-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss",
        "shinjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "国"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "part of a land",
      "roman": "kuga",
      "ruby": [
        [
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          "くが"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "陸"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "form": "kuni",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
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        [
          "region",
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.",
          "ref": "1998 November 30 [1990 November 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太とアニマル惑星 (大長編ドラえもん; 10), 22nd edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 27",
          "roman": "Nippon? Kiita koto nai.",
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            [
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            ],
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
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            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
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              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "くに"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "にっ"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ぽん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ねえねえ、今の地図みた⁉\nNē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉\nHey, did you see that map!?\nみた!いったいここはなんという国だろう。\nMita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.\nI did! I wonder what country this is.\nクニ?クニってなあに。\nKuni? Kuni tte nāni.\nCountry? What’s a country?\nアメリカとか中国とかいろいろあるじゃない。\nAmerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.\nYou know, countries. There are a bunch of them like America and China.\nぼくらは日本からきたんだけど…。\nBokura wa Nippon kara kita n da kedo….\nWe’re from Japan, by the way...\nニッポン?きいたことない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a country as in a nation, a state"
      ],
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        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a province of ancient Japan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "national",
          "national"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "I’m moving back home.",
          "ref": "1994 January 20 [1988 December 17], Akira Oze, “第8話 酒蔵の子 [Child of the Brewery]”, in 夏子の酒 [Natsuko’s Saké], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, page 183",
          "roman": "Kuni ni ne…… kaeru no",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "来",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "故郷",
              "クニ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ううん……もう来ないと思う たぶん\nŪn……mō konai to omou tabun\nNo... I don’t think I’ll be coming back any time soon.\nどうして?\nDō shite?\nHow come?\n故郷にね……帰るの"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home"
      ],
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        [
          "birthplace",
          "birthplace"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "くに"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "daichi",
      "sense": "a land",
      "word": "大地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tochi",
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      "word": "土地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rikuchi",
      "sense": "a land",
      "word": "陸地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokka",
      "sense": "nation",
      "word": "国家"
    },
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      "roman": "kokudo",
      "sense": "nation",
      "word": "国土"
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      "roman": "kokufu",
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        [
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          "府",
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        ]
      ],
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      "word": "国府"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shusshōchi",
      "sense": "birthplace",
      "word": "出生地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōgoku",
      "sense": "birthplace",
      "word": "生国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "furusato",
      "sense": "birthplace",
      "word": "故郷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokyō",
      "sense": "birthplace",
      "word": "故郷"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "国"
}

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    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "國 (MC kwok, “country, nation”)",
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      "ipa": "[ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
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  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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