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国 くに N5

  1. country; state
  2. region
  3. central government; national government
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. province (of Japan)
  6. earth; land

国際 こくさい N4

  1. international
  2. diplomatic intercourse

国会 こっかい N3

  1. National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
  2. Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
  3. congress; legislative assembly; parliament

国境 こっきょう N3

  1. border (between countries); national border

国家 こっか N3

  1. country; nation; state

国民 こくみん N3

  1. citizen; nation; national; people (of a country)
  2. Democratic Party for the People

国語 こくご N3

  1. national language
  2. Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
  3. mother tongue; one's native language
  4. native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

国王 こくおう N2

  1. king; monarch; queen; sovereign
  2. the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

国立 こくりつ N2

  1. founded and run by the central government; national

国籍 こくせき N2

  1. citizenship; nationality
  2. flag; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration
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