外国語
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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外 | 国 | 語 |
がい Grade: 2 |
こく Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
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外國語 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
edit外国 (gaikoku, “foreign country”) + 語 (-go, “language, -ese”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (linguistics) a foreign language
- 外国語を知らない者は自分自身の言語について何も知らない。
- Gaikokugo o shiranai mono wa jibun jishin no gengo ni tsuite nani mo shiranai .
- Those who do not know foreign languages know nothing about their own language.
- 外国語を知らない者は自分自身の言語について何も知らない。
Antonyms
edit- 母国語 (bokokugo)
References
edit- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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