Word Meaning 自国

じこく jikoku

自国 is read as じこく (jikoku) and means one's own country.

Meaning

English

  1. one's own country

Reading

Kana

じこく

Romaji

jikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 異国,他国 Rank 2725 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自由主義国

じゆうしゅぎこく

free nation

自由主義国家

じゆうしゅぎこっか

a free nation

国際自然保護連合

こくさいしぜんほごれんごう

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

国土開発幹線自動車道

こくどかいはつかんせんじどうしゃどう

national development arterial expressway

国際自動車連盟

こくさいじどうしゃれんめい

Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

国立自然科学博物館

こくりつしぜんかがくはくぶつかん

National Museum of Natural Science

米国自動車協会

べいこくじどうしゃきょうかい

American Automobile Association

自転車

じでんしゃ

bicycle

自分

じぶん

you

自ら

みずから

oneself

自主

じしゅ

independence

Example Sentences

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America likes to believe that it's a classless society.

We may well take pride in our old temples.

Investing abroad on your national currency basis will not always be profitable.

Very few people have given their citizens hope for a better future and captured the world's attention.

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.

Thai people call their country's capital Krung Thep. If you translate this it means 'City of Angels'.

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.