発展途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
発 展 途 上 国
はつ > はっ
Grade: 3 		てん
Grade: 6 		と
Grade: S 		じょう
Grade: 1 		こく
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
發展途上國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 発展 (hatten, “development, growth”) +‎ 途上 (tojō, “partway, in the process of”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はってんとじょーこく [hàttéń tójóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠t̚te̞n to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) • (hatten tojō koku) 

  1. developing country, emerging economy

Synonyms

  • 途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (tojō koku) (abbreviation of 発展途上国)
  • 開(かい)発(はつ)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
  • 低(てい)開(かい)発(はつ)国(こく) (tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
  • 後(こう)進(しん)国(こく) (kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

References

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