Word Meaning 諸国

しょこく shokoku

諸国 is read as しょこく (shokoku) and means various countries.

Meaning

English

  1. various countries
  2. various regions
  3. various provinces

Reading

Kana

しょこく

Romaji

shokoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 10737 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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諸外国

しょがいこく

various foreign countries

中東諸国

ちゅうとうしょこく

Middle East countries

アジア諸国

あじあしょこく

Asian countries

アラブ諸国

あらぶしょこく

Arab countries

イスラム諸国

いすらむしょこく

Islamic countries

文明諸国

ぶんめいしょこく

civilized world

東側諸国

ひがしがわしょこく

(former) Eastern Bloc countries

西側諸国

にしがわしょこく

Western countries

マーシャル諸島共和国

まーしゃるしょとうきょうわこく

Republic of the Marshall Islands

中央アジア諸国

ちゅうおうあじあしょこく

Central Asian countries

東欧諸国

とうおうしょこく

Eastern European countries

Example Sentences

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Japan needed contact with the Western countries.

Japan depends on Arab countries for oil.

Alcohol is forbidden in many Muslim countries.

The hijackers were from Middle Eastern countries.

The imports from Asian countries have expanded recently.

Gulf nations are constantly menaced by war.

The letters ASEAN stand for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.

In the OECD survey, northern European countries are keeping their high ranking in tax-rates.

It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.