Vocabulary
What does 本国 (ほんごく, hongoku) mean?
本国 (ほんごく, hongoku) means home country, one's native country.
Quick facts| Reading | ほんごく |
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| Romaji | hongoku |
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| Part of speech | noun |
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| Level (estimated, JLPT framework) | N1 |
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N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonhongoku
home country, one's native country
- 1noun home country; one's own country; country of origin
- 2noun suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country
- 3noun country of one's ancestors
- 4noun this country
Example sentences
本国からの支援が届いた。
Support arrived from the home country.
彼は本国に家族を残してきた。
He left his family behind in his home country.
