Meanings
Readings
Common Words
country; state
region
national government; central government
home (i.e. hometown, home country)
Historical term
province (of Japan)
Archaic
land; earth
the whole country
state; country; nation
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
Abbreviation
Democratic Party for the People
internal; domestic
foreign country
foreign country; another country
another province
strange land; alien land
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
China
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
central part of a country; main region
Historical term; Also read ちゅうこく
province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
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