オクニ – Vocabulary details

オクニ

Noun

Honorific

1. your native country; your hometown

2. my home country (i.e. Japan)

3. countryside; country

4. daimyo's territory (Edo period)

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クニ

honorific/polite/humble prefix

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

boasting of one's hometown

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism

one's native dialect

おくにオクニのために命いのちを捧ささげたのです。

He gave his life for his country.

いつかおくにオクニを訪おとずれたいものです。

I'd like to visit your country someday.

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