Word Meaning 愛国

あいこく aikoku

愛国 is read as あいこく (aikoku) and means Ireland.

Meaning

English

  1. Ireland
  2. love of one's country
  3. patriotism

Reading

Kana

あいこく

Romaji

aikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 売国 Rank 12700 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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愛国運動

あいこくうんどう

patriotic movement

愛国心

あいこくしん

patriotic feelings

愛国学園大学

あいこくがくえんだいがく

Aikoku Gakuen University

愛国歌

あいこくか

The Patriotic Song (e.g. Aegukga, national anthem of South Korea)

愛国者

あいこくしゃ

patriot

愛国主義

あいこくしゅぎ

nationalism

愛国的

あいこくてき

patriotic

愛国団体

あいこくだんたい

patriotic group or organization (organisation)

愛国学園短期大学

あいこくがくえんたんきだいがく

Aikoku Gakuen Junior College

忠君愛国

ちゅうくんあいこく

loyalty and patriotism

祖国愛

そこくあい

patriotism

米国動物愛護協会

べいこくどうぶつあいごきょうかい

Humane Society of the United States

Example Sentences

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Tom is a chauvinist.

We each have different degrees of love for our country.

Does any other country fan the flames of patriotism as much as America?

Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.