► 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:
- 両国は長年友好関係にある ⇨ The two countries have had a friendly relationship for many years
- 国旗が風に翻っている ⇨ The national flag is waving in wind
- 捕虜の拷問は国際法に抵触する ⇨ Torturing POW violates the international law
- 異国の地 ⇨ The soil of a foreign country
- 米国は敵に本土を攻撃されたことが無かった ⇨ US had never been attacked in the main land by an enemy
- 米国はイラクに出兵した ⇨ The US sent troops to Iraq
- 我が国 ⇨ Our country, nation
- その条約は国会で批准されなかった ⇨ The treaty was not ratified by the parliament
- 国粋主義 ⇨ Ultranationalism
- この国は自由だといっても無論何をしても良いわけではない ⇨ This is a free country but of course it is not like you can do anything you want
- 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
- 両国は密接な関係を保っている ⇨ The two countries have maintained a close relationship
- 両国の思惑が合致した ⇨ The agendas of the two countries matched, met
- 核兵器の保有国 ⇨ The countries that possess nuclear weapons
- 日本語の「引き籠もり」は最近外国でもそのまま通じる ⇨ Recently Japanese word “hikikomori (= social withdrawal)” is understood as it is even in foreign countries