Word Meaning 祖国

そこく sokoku

祖国 is read as そこく (sokoku) and means homeland.

Meaning

English

  1. homeland
  2. motherland
  3. fatherland
  4. native country

Reading

Kana

そこく

Romaji

sokoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 10800 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

祖国戦争

そこくせんそう

Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

祖国愛

そこくあい

patriotism

祖国復帰

そこくふっき

returning to one's fatherland

大祖国戦争

だいそこくせんそう

Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)

祖父

そぶ

grandfather

祖母

うば

grandmother

祖先

そせん

ancestor

祖父母

そふぼ

grandparents

祖業

そぎょう

business started by an ancestor

両国

りょうごく

Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

全国

ぜんこく

the whole country

先進国

せんしんこく

advanced (developed) country