Word Meaning 異国

いこく ikoku

異国 is read as いこく (ikoku) and means foreign country.

Meaning

English

  1. foreign country

Reading

Kana

いこく

Romaji

ikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 故国,自国 Rank 11013 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

異国人

いこくじん

foreigner

異国の人

いこくのひと

foreigner

異国情調

いこくじょうちょう

exoticism

異国情緒

いこくじょうしょ

exotic mood

異国趣味

いこくしゅみ

taste for the exotic

日本国現報善悪霊異記

にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

異常

いじょう

strangeness

異動

いどう

(personnel) change

異性

いせい

isomerism

異名

いめい

synonym (taxonomy)

異口同音

いくどうおん

(saying) with one voice

異端

いたん

heresy

Example Sentences

4

いこくのぶんかにつよいきょうみがある。

I have a strong interest in foreign cultures.

I'm all alone in a foreign country.

The streets are filled with an air of exoticism.

While there are some people who use the Internet to learn foreign languages, there are others, living on less than a dollar a day, who cannot even read their own language.