TomoshiTomoshi

国語|こくごkokugo[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounnational language
    第だい二にに、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体じたい独立どくりつした「国語こくご」となるかもしれない。↗
    Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.
  2. nounJapanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
    彼かれは国語こくごが好すきだし得意とくいだ。↗
    He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.
  3. nounone's native language; mother tongue
  4. nounnative Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
Japanese definitions
  1. その国くにで話はなされている公用語こうようご・共通語きょうつうご。母国語ぼこくご。
  2. （日本にっぽん）日本語にほんご。
  3. （日本にっぽん）学校教育がっこうきょういくにおける日本語にほんごの教科きょうか。国語科こくごか。
  4. 春秋しゅんじゅう時代じだいの中国ちゅうごくを扱あつかった歴史書れきししょ。
Kanji in this word
国語
See also
外国語がいこくご

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