国語

こくご

Meanings

1. Noun national language
2. Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan) See also: 国語科 (こくごか).
3. one's native language; mother tongue
4. native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

Kanji

• 国 country. Read as コク.
• 語 language. Read as ゴ.

Example sentences

• メアリーは国語の宿題を済ませた。
  Mary has finished her Japanese assignment.
• あなたは英語と国語どちらが好きですか。
  Do you like Japanese or English?
• 国語の先生は私たちにとても親切だ。
  Our Japanese teacher is very nice to us.
• 彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。
  He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.
• 彼女は夕食後国語の勉強をした。
  She studied Japanese after dinner.

Common phrases

• 国語を教える

Words containing 国語

• 外国語 (がいこくご) foreign language
• 中国語 (ちゅうごくご) Chinese (language)
• 韓国語 (かんこくご) Korean (language; esp. as spoken in South Korea)

And 40 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N3

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists