JLPT N3 · Noun

国語 (kokugo)

国語 (こくご, kokugo) is a Japanese noun meaning “national language”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こくご
Romaji: kokugo
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

national language · noun
Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan) · noun
one's native language; mother tongue · noun
native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words) · noun

Example sentences

第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。

Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.

Tatoeba #137182

彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。

He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.

Tatoeba #107254

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

Kanji in 国語

国

countryコク・くに · 8 strokes

語

word, speech, languageゴ・かた.る・かた.らう · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 国語.

国くにcountry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 1286370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.