たいこく
Meanings
Noun
1. large country; major nation; great power
2. province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
Pitch accent
いこく
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
superpower; superstate
economic superpower; economic powerhouse
major agricultural country; agricultural power; agripower
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
policy favouring major powers; policy of great powers favorable only to themselves
regional power; powerful nation within region
Examples (3 in total)
Switzerland is the land of the railway.
A nation need not necessarily be powerful to be great.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.