こく
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for languages
Kanji used
country
language
Pitch accent
こくご
Composed of
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
Composed of
counter for countries
word; language; speech
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
bilingual; in two languages
bilingual; in two languages
Examples (5 in total)
How many languages do you speak?
I speak three languages.
It is difficult to speak three languages.
He can speak eight languages.
His secretary can speak three languages well.