Vocab Info

A1 Noun

(くに)your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), homeland, countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      your native country, your hometown

      Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2. Noun

      2.

      my home country (i.e. Japan)

      Polite (teineigo) language
    3. Noun

      3.

      countryside, country

    4. Noun

      4.

      daimyo's territory (Edo period)

      Archaic

    All Forms

    お国 【おくに】

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

    • Anime Top 13,100

    Examples

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      兵士(へいし)たちがお(くに)のために(たたか)っています。

      The soldiers are fighting for their native country.

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      芳子(よしこ):「お(くに)はどちらですか?」ボブ:「英国(えいこく)です。」

      Yoshiko: 'Where is your home country?' Bob: 'It's England.'

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      出稼(でかせ)ぎで目標(もくひょう)達成(たっせい)したこととて、お(くに)(かえ)ることにしました。

      Having achieved my goal of earning money abroad, I decided to return to my home country.

      • N1

      (おっと)(きた)のお(くに)()まれとあって、(わたし)よりも(さむ)さには耐性(たいせい)があるんです。

      My husband was born in the northern part of the country, so he has more tolerance for the cold than I do.

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      (くに)のために(みずか)らの(いのち)(すす)んで(ささ)げた兵士(へいし)たちには到底(とうてい)(あたま)()がりません。

      I can't help but deeply respect the soldiers who willingly sacrificed their lives for the sake of their country.

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