国（くに）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: country
Example sentences
- すみません、どこの国から来ましたか。 — Excuse me, which country are you from?
- 将来、いろいろな国を旅行したい。 — In the future I want to travel to many different countries.
Idioms & proverbs containing “国”
- 省あって国なし (しょうあってくになし) — each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country
- 国破れて山河あり (くにやぶれてさんがあり) — the land outlasts the king; a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
- 修身斉家治国平天下 (しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか) — those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land
- 一死報国 (いっしほうこく) — dying for one's country
- 挙国一致 (きょこくいっち) — national unity; unity of the whole nation
- 忠君愛国 (ちゅうくんあいこく) — loyalty and patriotism
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “国” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)