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Chinese
Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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| 全國 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 全國 (MC dzjwen kwok, literally “whole country”).
First attested in the mid-1800s.[3]
Noun
全国 • (zenkoku)
- the whole country; the entire nation
- nationwide; countrywide
- (chiefly) all of Japan
Etymology 2
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| 全國 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
全国 • (zengoku)
- Alternative form of 全国 (zenkoku)
Usage notes
- The zengoku reading is much less common than the above and is not included in any monolingual Japanese dictionary, including the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten.[3]
References
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “全国”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
