アメリカ・亜米利加・亜墨利加amerika

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun(United States of) America; United States; US; USA
    アメリカでは英語えいごを話はなします。↗
    They speak English in America.
  2. nounAmerica (land mass); the Americas
    コロンブスが1492年ねんにアメリカを発見はっけんしたということを私わたしたちは学まなんだ。↗
    We learned that Columbus discovered America in 1492.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym米国べいこくNeutralRefers to the United States; common in news and official documents, as in 「米国大統領」. More formal than 「アメリカ」.
  • Synonymアメリカ合衆国アメリカがっしゅうこくFormalThe official country name for the United States of America; used in diplomatic documents.
  • SynonymUSAユー・エス・エーNeutralEnglish abbreviation for the US; often seen on product country-of-origin labels or in sports contexts.
  • SynonymUSユー・エスNeutralEnglish abbreviation for the US; mostly used as a prefix, as in 「US版」.

「アメリカ」 is the everyday way to write the US; the kanji form 「亜米利加」 is now rare. News and official writing prefer 「米国」, the formal name is 「アメリカ合衆国」, and 「USA」/「US」 serve as abbreviations.

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Japanese definitions
  1. アメリカの日本語にほんごによる漢字かんじ表記ひょうき。

JLPT vocabulary levels are community estimates, not official (no official lists have been published since the 2010 revision).

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