Japanese

Noun

国語 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國語, hiragana こくご, romaji kokugo)

1. national language

   ２ (に)か国語 (こくご)放送 (ほうそう)

   nika kokugo hōsō

   bilingual broadcast

2. (specifically) the Japanese language

   国語 (こくご)辞典 (じてん)

   kokugo jiten

   dictionary of the national language; Japanese dictionary

3. Mandarin; Standard Mandarin

Synonyms

• 日本語 (にほんご) ‎(nihongo, “Japanese”)

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