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国内

国内

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 國內.
(This term, 国内, is the simplified form of 國內.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 2
ない
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 國內 (/kwok nwojH/, “country inside”). Compare modern Chinese 国内 (guónèi).

Pronunciation

Noun

国内 (hiragana こくない, romaji kokunai)

  1. inside the country, domestic
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Originally a compound of Old Japanese (kuni, country) + (うち, inside). Already appears in the abbreviated form in the Man'yōshū.

/kuni uchi/ > /kunuchi/

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

国内 (hiragana くぬち, romaji kunuchi)

  1. (archaic) the interior of a country; within a country's borders

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3