I Love KanjiStart learning
JLPT N5 · Noun

国 (kuni)

国 (くに, kuni) is a Japanese noun meaning “country; state”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
くに
Romaji
kuni
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. country; state · noun
  2. region · noun
  3. national government; central government · noun
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country) · noun · occ. written 故郷 or 郷里
  5. province (of Japan) · noun · hist

Example sentences

その王がその国を治めていた。
The king governed the country.
Tatoeba #188508
『北の国から』は、北海道富良野市を舞台にしたフジテレビジョン制作のテレビドラマ。
"From the North Country" is a TV drama produced by Fuji TV and set in Furano in Hokkaido.
Tatoeba #74031
その科学者は国の内外で有名である。
The scientist is famous both at home and abroad.
Tatoeba #212023

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 国

国
countryコク・くに · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 国.

外国がいこくforeign country外国人がいこくじんforeigner国際こくさいinternational国語こくごnational language国籍こくせきnationality国民こくみんpeople (of a country)国家こっかstate国会こっかいNational Diet国境こっきょうborder (between countries)全国ぜんこくthe whole country国王こくおうking国立こくりつnational国産こくさんdomestically produced国防こくぼうnational defence

Source: JMdict entry 1592250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.