Keyword
home country
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1991
Readings
ぽう
(67%)
ほう
(18%)
くに
(13%)
Composed of
lush
small village
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Examples (6 in total)
Children are all foreigners.
I want to see a Japanese movie.
He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1950's.
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
Tom's company is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.