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途上国

途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 1
こく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

途上国 (hiragana とじょうこく, romaji tojō koku)

  1. developing country

Synonyms

  • 発展途上国 (はってんとじょうこく, hatten tojō koku)
  • 開発途上国 (かいはつとじょうこく, kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
  • 低開発国 (ていかいはつこく, tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
  • 後進国 (こうしんこく, kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

Related terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9