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Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 国境 – see 國境 (“border of a country”).
(This term is the simplified form of 國境). |
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Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 國境 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 國境 (MC kwok kjaengX). First attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 706.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
国境 • (kokkyō) ←こくきやう (kokukyau)?
- a national border or frontier (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
- Synonyms: 国界 (kokkai), 国境 (kunizakai)
Derived terms
- 国境なき医師団 (Kokkyō Naki Ishidan, “Doctors Without Borders”)
- 国境税 (kokkyōzei), 国境関税 (kokkyō kanzei, “border tariff”)
- 国境税関 (kokkyō zeikan, “border customs house”)
- 国境警備兵 (kokkyō keibihei, “border or frontier guard”)
- 国境線 (kokkyōsen, “border”)
- 国境地帯 (kokkyō chitai, “region along a border”)
- 国境地方 (kokkyō chihō, “borderland”)
- 国境紛争 (kokkyō funsō, “border dispute”)
- 国境貿易 (kokkyō bōeki, “border trade”)
Etymology 2
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國境 (kyūjitai)
国界
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Compound of 国 (kuni, “province; country”) + 境 (sakai, “border”). The sakai changes to zakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First attested in 1660.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
国境 • (kunizakai) ←くにざかひ (kunizakafi)?
- a national or provincial border or frontier
- Synonyms: 国境 (kokkyō), 国界 (kokkai)
- 信濃と武蔵の国境に
- Shinano to Musashi no kunizakai ni
- on the border between Shinano and Musashi
Usage notes
This reading is usually restricted to the context of historical Japanese geography.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN