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JLPT N4
Grade 2

Meanings

country

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
コク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
くに
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
くな

Common Words

Noun
Freq #563
1

country; state

Examples
その王がそのを治めていた。
The king governed the country.
2

region

Examples
『北のから』は、北海道富良野市を舞台にしたフジテレビジョン制作のテレビドラマ。
"From the North Country" is a TV drama produced by Fuji TV and set in Furano in Hokkaido.
3

national government; central government

4

home (i.e. hometown, home country)

Examples
その科学者はの内外で有名である。
The scientist is famous both at home and abroad.
5

Historical term

province (of Japan)

6

Archaic

land; earth

んこく
Noun
Freq #2996
1

the whole country

Examples
その報道は全国に行き渡った。
The news report spread all over the country.
うこく
Noun
Freq #3131
1

kingdom; monarchy

Examples
我が軍はその王国を襲った。
Our army attacked the kingdom.
っか
Noun
Freq #3849
1

state; country; nation

Examples
同じ事が国家についても当てはまる。
The same is true of the nation.
くみん
Noun
Freq #4033
1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

Examples
国民は歓呼して彼を国王に迎えた。
The people acclaimed him King.
2

Abbreviation

Democratic Party for the People

ない
だい
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #4818
1

internal; domestic

Examples
アメリカへ行くくらいなら、国内にいるほうがましだ。
You might as well stay at home as go to America.
いこく
そとぐに
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #4951
1

foreign country

Examples
あなたは外国の本を持っていますか。
Do you have any foreign books?
こく
Noun
Freq #5261
1

foreign country; another country

Examples
いかなる国も他国の内政に干渉してはならない。
No country should interfere in another country's internal affairs.
2

another province

3

strange land; alien land

んごく
てんこく
Noun
Freq #5351
1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

Examples
結婚生活は夫婦仲が良ければ天国であり、夫婦仲が悪ければこの世の地獄である。
Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
ゅうごく
Noun
Freq #5427
1

China

Examples
中国やチベットの山に住んでいる白黒の熊はパンダと呼ばれている。
The black and white bears living in the mountains of China and Tibet are called pandas.
2

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

3

central part of a country; main region

4

Historical term; Also read ちゅうこく

province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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