先進国

See also: 先进国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	進	国
せん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
先進國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 先進 (senshin, “forefront, vanguard, advancement”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんしんこく [sèńshíꜜǹkòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩŋko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

先(せん)進(しん)国(こく) • (senshin koku)

advanced country, developed country

Derived terms

先(せん)進(しん)国(こく)首(しゅ)脳(のう)会(か)議(いぎ) (senshin koku shunō kaigi): the G7, prior to inclusion of less-economically-strong Russia to form the G8

Related terms

新(しん)興(こう)国(こく) (shinkō koku): newly industrialized country
発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (hatten tojō koku): developing country
途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (tojō koku): developing country
低(てい)開(かい)発(はつ)国(こく) (tei kaihatsu koku) developing country (literally, “low-development country”)
後(こう)進(しん)国(こく) (kōshin koku) developing country (less common; literally, “backward country”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN