くに
Meanings
Noun
1. country; state
2. region
3. national government; central government
4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
5. province (of Japan)
6. land; earth
Pitch accent
Top 14400
Used in vocabulary (60 in total)
our country; our land; one's own country
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
Examples (200 in total)
It's a beautiful country.
What country were you born in?
Japan is a small country.