Word Meaning 日本国

にほんこく nihonkoku

日本国 is read as にほんこく (nihonkoku) and means Japan.

Meaning

English

  1. Japan

Reading

Kana

にほんこく

Romaji

nihonkoku

Writing Variants

  • 日本国 にっぽんこく nipponkoku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 97700 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

日本全国

にほんぜんこく

all over Japan

日本外国特派員協会

にほんがいこくとくはいんきょうかい

Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

日本国憲法

にほんこくけんぽう

constitution of Japan

日本

にほん

Japan

日本人

にほんじん

Japanese person

日本語

にほんご

Japanese (language)

日本一

にほんいち

Japan's best

日本中

にほんじゅう

throughout Japan

本国

ほんごく

country of one's ancestors

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

日本銀行

にっぽんぎんこう

Bank of Japan

日本酒

にほんしゅ

sake (rice wine)

Example Sentences

3

My mother was a Japanese National Railways station attendant from 1971 until 1987.

The Japanese watch Japan too much and don't know the situation overseas. Koreans watch Japan only and don't know the situation of their own country.

Our engineers compared this information with similar products being sold in Japan and concluded that they might compete very well.