途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
途	上	国
と Grade: S	じょう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
途上國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

short for 発展途上国 (hatten tojō koku)^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とじょーこく [tòjóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) • (tojō koku)

developing country

Synonyms

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

Related terms

先(せん)進(しん)国(こく) (senshin koku) developed country
新(しん)興(こう)国(こく) (shinkō koku) newly industrialized country

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN