途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
途	上	国
と Grade: S	じょう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
途上國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Short for 発展途上国 (hatten tojō koku).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とじょ​ーこく [tòjóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) • (tojō koku) 

1. developing country

Synonyms

• 発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (hatten tojō koku)
• 開(かい)発(はつ)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
• 低(てい)開(かい)発(はつ)国(こく) (tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
• 後(こう)進(しん)国(こく) (kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

Related terms

• 先(せん)進(しん)国(こく) (senshin koku) developed country
• 新(しん)興(こう)国(こく) (shinkō koku) newly industrialized country