► 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:
- サッカーの国際親善試合 ⇨ A football international friendly game
- 二国間の関係は緊張した ⇨ The relationship between the two countries has become tense
- 大国の狭間で揺れる小国 ⇨ A small country shaken, affected, between the gap of powerful countries
- 国会議員が議会で乱闘した ⇨ The representatives brawled in the parliament
- 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
- 両国は緊密な関係を保っている ⇨ The two countries have maintained a close relationship
- 彼は七十才にして初めて異国の土を踏んだ ⇨ He stepped on foreign soil for the first time when he was 70
- 中国の曲芸団 ⇨ A chinese acrobatic team
- このままでは国の将来が危ない ⇨ At this rate the future of the country is in danger
- その国は民主主義に移行して未だ日が浅い ⇨ It hasn’t been very long since the country had transitioned to democracy
- 米国では反動主義が激化しつつある ⇨ The reactionary movement has been intensifying in US
- 両国は国境上で激しく戦闘した ⇨ The two countries battled hard on the border
- 大学は韓国語のコースを新しく開設した ⇨ The college newly set up a Korean language course
- 国粋主義が再び台頭している ⇨ Far-right nationalism is on the rise again
- 政府は国民を監視している ⇨ The government is monitoring the citizens