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
Kanji used
country
Pitch accent
Top 600
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
our country; our land; one's own country
country; territory; domain; realm
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
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)
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
to manage a state; to govern a country
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
that country; (arch.) nirvana
our country; our land; one's own country
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
national character; regional character
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
nation building
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
that country; (arch.) nirvana
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
fairyland; never-never land
nation building
one's home; one's native province
distant country; heaven; hades
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (politician); change of district
spacious country
gods of the land; earthly deities
visiting one's constituency; (arch.) feudal lord's return to his estate
provincial dialect; local accent
country; Japan
gods of the land; earthly deities
fairyland; never-never land
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
land of everlasting summer
fairyland; never-never land
country; Japan
national or local pride; the pride of one's native place
province-wide uprising (Muromachi period)
Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae (rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon)
China; Korea
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism; national language
provincial dialect; local accent
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice
unavailability of online content or services in one's country (e.g. due to licensing agreements); geo-blocking
prosperity of a country
one's hometown; one's birthplace; one's native region
with one's country in ruins
provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)
of the land
of the land
China; Korea
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism; national language
foreign country; province outside Kinai
country code
country or region name used for people (in the Heian period court)
Kuni no Katachi Kenkyūkai (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Kan faction; Kan group
each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; (lit.) when there are ministries, there is no country
country bumpkin; someone from the same part of the country
birthplace; hometown
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
people of a country
birthplace; hometown
list of province names
Kunimi Station (Kōchi)
Mikuni Station (Osaka)
Kodomonokuni Station
Examples (200 in total)
It's a beautiful country.
What country were you born in?
Japan is a small country.