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What does 国 (くに, kuni) mean?

国 (くに, kuni) means country, homeland.

Quick facts
Readingくに
Romajikuni
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
くに
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkuni

country, homeland

GenkiGenki 7
  1. 1noun country; state
  2. 2noun region
  3. 3noun national government; central government
  4. 4noun home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. 5noun province (of Japan)

Example sentences

  • My country is Vietnam.

  • Where is your home country?

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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