Learn JLPT N5 Kanji 国 (koku)

Meaning of 国意味

country

Onyomi 音読み

コク
koku

Kunyomi 訓読み

くに
kuni

Learn Japanese kanji: 国【コク / くに】

Meaning: country.

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Stroke Count: 8

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国 - Example Sentences 例文

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Example #1

あなたはどこの国から来ましたか？

あなたはどこのくにからきましたか？

anata wa doko no kuni kara kimashita ka?

What country did you come from?

Example #2

彼は外国に長年住んでいた。

かれはがいこくにながねんすんでいた。

kare wa gaikoku ni naganen sundeita.

He lived abroad for many years.

Example #3

私は米国から来ました。

わたしはべいこくからきました。

watashi wa beikoku kara kimashita.

I came here from the USA.

Example #4

アメリカ人はビザなしで日本に入国できます。

アメリカ人はビザなしでにほんににゅうこくできます。

amerikajin wa biza nashi de nihon ni nyukoku dekimasu.

American's can enter Japan without a visa.

Example #5

国際電話をかけたいのですが。

こくさいでんわをかけたいのですが。

kokusai denwa o kaketai no desu ga.

I'd like to make an overseas call.

Example #6

彼らはフランス国境を越えた。

かれらはフランスこっきょうをこえた。

karera wa furansu kokkyou o koeta.

They crossed the French border.

Example #7

日本全国を旅行したいです。

にほんぜんこくをりょこうしたいです。

nihon zenkoku o ryokou shitai desu.

I want to travel all around Japan.

Example #8

彼が死んだのは国家の災難だ。

かれがしんだのはこっかのさいなんだ。

kare ga shinda no wa kokka no sainan da.

His death is a calamity to the nation.

Example #9

あなたは英語と国語どちらが好きですか。

あなたはえいごとこくごどちらがすきですか。

anata wa eigo to kokugo dochira ga suki desu ka.

Do you like Japanese or English?

Example #10

私の地元にいい国立大学があります。

わたしのじもとにいいこくりつだいがくがあります。

watashi no jimoto ni ii kokuritsu daigaku ga arimasu.

There is a good national university in my hometown.

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Meaning of 国 意味