売国

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
売 国
ばい
Grade: 2 		こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku) 

  1. selling out one's nation, treason
    それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。
    Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
    That's like selling out the country.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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