くに
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. your native country; your hometown
2. my home country (i.e. Japan)
3. countryside; country
4. daimyo's territory (Edo period)
Kanji used
country
Pitch accent
くに
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Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
boasting of one's hometown
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
one's native dialect
Examples (2 in total)
He gave his life for his country.
I'd like to visit your country someday.