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国

JLPT N5 · Vocabulary

国 — “country; place of origin”

国 (read くに) means country; place of origin. It appears on the JLPT N5 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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くに

Meaning

country; place of origin

国 in a sentence

私わたくしの国くにはバングラデシュです。

My country is Bangladesh.

The kanji in 国

国country

Words that share a kanji with 国

外国がいこく— foreign country; abroad
外国人がいこくじん— foreigner
国際こくさい— international
国語こくご— national language, Japanese (as a school subject)
国民こくみん— citizens, the people, the nation
国家こっか— state, nation
国会こっかい— national assembly, Diet, parliament
国境こっきょう— national border, frontier

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