我が国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我 国
わ
Grade: 6 		くに
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
我が國 (kyūjitai)
我国
吾が国
吾国
わが国

Etymology

Literally, “our country”. Inherited from Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE with the phonetic spelling 和賀久邇.[1]

Nominal phrase, composed of 我 (wa, “I, me”) +‎ が (ga, genitive or possessive particle in Old Japanese) +‎ 国 (kuni, “country, nation”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

我(わ)が国(くに) • (wa ga kuni) 

  1. my country; our country; country of the speaker or author
    1. (in most contexts) Japan [from 712]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “我が国”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “我が国”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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