Word Meaning 国人

くにうど kuniudo

国人 is read as くにうど (kuniudo) and means daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period).

Meaning

English

  1. daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  2. local lords and samurai
  3. indigenous person
  4. inhabitant of a country
  5. local
  6. native

Reading

Kana

くにうど

Romaji

kuniudo

Writing Variants

  • 国人 くにびと kunibito
  • 国人 くにゅうど kunyuudo
  • 国人 こくじん kokujin
  • 国人 こくにん kokunin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 211 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

国際人

こくさいじん

international celebrity

外国人

がいこくじん

foreigner

中国人

ちゅうごくじん

Chinese person

国連人道問題調整事務所

こくれんじんどうもんだいちょうせいじむしょ

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

第三国人

だいさんごくじん

foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan

中華人民共和国

ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく

People's Republic of China

朝鮮民主主義人民共和国

ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

人間国宝

にんげんこくほう

living national treasure

国土

こくど

country

くに

home (i.e. hometown, home country)

国外

こくがい

outside the country

国々

くにぐに

countries

Example Sentences

10

このまちにはがいこくじんがおおいです。

There are many foreigners in this town.

I am a foreigner.

I'm Korean.

I'm not Chinese.

I'm Korean.

I am Chinese.

This man is Chinese.

Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.

I'm not Chinese.

My best friend is Chinese.