Word Meaning 建国

けんこく kenkoku

建国 is read as けんこく (kenkoku) and means founding of a nation.

Meaning

English

  1. founding of a nation

Reading

Kana

けんこく

Romaji

kenkoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 興国,立国 Rank 13104 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

建国者

けんこくしゃ

founder (of a nation)

建国の父

けんこくのちち

founding father

建設国債

けんせつこくさい

construction debt

建国記念日

けんこくきねんび

National Foundation Day

建国記念の日

けんこくきねんのひ

National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)

土建国家

どけんこっか

construction state

米国建築学会

べいこくけんちくがっかい

American Institute of Architecture

自国通貨建て

じこくつうかだて

home currency rate

封建国家

ほうけんこっか

feudal state

建前

たてまえ

ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

建物

たてもの

building

建つ

たつ

to be erected

Example Sentences

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National Foundation Day (February 11): day for commemorating the founding of the nation and for fostering patriotic feelings.

It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.