異国
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See also: 异国
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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異 | 国 |
い Grade: 6 |
こく Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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異國 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
[edit]- A foreign country; a foreign land; a country external to Japan.
- Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), 1603-1604, page 329: “Icocu. イコク Cotonaru cuni. (異なる国) 他の国、あるいは、外国人の国.”
- Gennabon Kagakushū (in Japanese), 1617, page 7: “異國 (イコク)”
Usage notes
[edit]While synonymous with 外国 (gaikoku), this latter term is more common, while 異国 is a more formal term, suggesting “foreign lands, the exotic”.
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[edit]Etymology 2
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異 | 国 |
こと Grade: 6 |
くに Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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異國 (kyūjitai) |
From Old Japanese 異 (koto, “different, other”) + 国 (kuni, “country, land”).
Noun
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- Japanese terms spelled with 異 read as い
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as こく
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Sinitic languages
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with 異 read as こと
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as くに
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with archaic senses