我が国
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 我 | 国 |
| わ Grade: 6 |
くに Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 我が國 (kyūjitai) 我国 吾が国 吾国 わが国 |
Etymology
Literally, “our country”. Inherited from Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE with the phonetic spelling 和賀久邇.
Nominal phrase, composed of 我 (wa, “I, me”) + が (ga, genitive or possessive particle in Old Japanese) + 国 (kuni, “country, nation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
我が国 • (wa ga kuni)
- Japan (a country in East Asia)
Synonyms
- 本邦 (honpō)
Derived terms
- わーくに (wākuni) (2channel slang)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “我が国”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “我が国”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →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