Word Meaning 国語

こくご kokugo

国語 is read as こくご (kokugo) and means Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan).

Meaning

English

Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
national language
native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
one's native language
mother tongue

Reading

Kana

こくご

Romaji

kokugo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 外国語,外語 Rank 4550 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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国語学

こくごがく

Japanese philology

外国語

がいこくご

foreign language

母国語

ぼこくご

language of one's country

中国語

ちゅうごくご

Chinese (language)

国語辞典

こくごじてん

Japanese-language dictionary

国際日本語研修協会

こくさいにほんごけんしゅうきょうかい

International Japanese Education Center

国語審議会

こくごしんぎかい

Japanese Language Council

韓国語

かんこくご

Korean (language)

第二外国語

だいにがいこくご

second foreign language

各国語

かっこくご

each language

偽中国語

にせちゅうごくご

pseudo-Chinese

長崎外国語大学

ながさきがいこくごだいがく

Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies