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国語

こくご

Readings

こくご

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nnational language
  2. 2.
    nJapanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
  3. 3.
    none's native language; mother tongue
  4. 4.
    nnative Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

Kanji breakdown

N28 strokesGrade 2
N214 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。

Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.

彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。

He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

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