► 名詞
国 [(2)くに] meaning: country rank: 1
☆ 世界で一番広い国 ⇨ The largest country in the world
国 [(2)くに] [coll] meaning: hometown rank: 3
☆ 彼は国に帰った ⇨ He went back to his hometown (☛ Typically a hometown in countryside)
► 接尾辞
国 [こく] meaning: country rank: 2
☆ 石油産出国 ⇨ An oil-producing country
☆ 軍事大国 (たいこく) ⇨ A military-power country
More examples:
- この国には民主主義の育つ土壌が無い ⇨ This country has no soil for democracy to grow
- 政府は発展途上国に技術援助をすることを公約した ⇨ The government pledged to help developing countries technologically
- この国には水道の設備が無い地域がたくさんある ⇨ There are many areas in this country with potable water system
- 国の権威を傘に来た役人 ⇨ A civil servant who abuses the authority of the government
- 彼は米国に強制送還された ⇨ He was deported to the US
- 大韓民国は韓国と通称されている ⇨ 大韓民国 is commonly called 韓国
- 皇后は国民に敬愛されている ⇨ The empress is admired by the public
- 国家財政は逼迫している ⇨ The national finance is in jeopardy
- 帝国の没落 ⇨ The decline of the empire
- この国では消費税が高いが、その代わり所得税が低い ⇨ The consumption tax is high in this country, but the income tax is low instead
- 両国首脳の会談が予定されている ⇨ A meeting between the leaders of the two countries has been scheduled
- 米国では反動主義が激化しつつある ⇨ The reactionary movement has been intensifying in US
- 両国は一時的に停戦した ⇨ The two countries had a temporary cease-fire
- その国は腐敗の末期症状を呈している ⇨ The country is showing the final, ultimate, stage of corruption
- 彼のような俗物が大統領になるとは米国も堕ちたものだ ⇨ US have fallen so much to have a man with no class like him as the president