愛国心

See also: 爱国心 and 愛國心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	国	心
あい Grade: 4	こく Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
愛國心 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいこく​しん [àíkókúꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) あいこ​くしん [àíkóꜜkùshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Noun

愛(あい)国(こく)心(しん) • (aikokushin) 

1. patriotism (love of one's own country)

   Synonym: 祖国愛 (sokokuai)

   • 1925, Nitobe Inazō, Shin no aikokushin‎^[1]:

     しかし自(じ)分(ぶん)の政(せい)府(ふ)の為(な)したことは、何(なに)事(ごと)にもあれこれであるが如(ごと)く認(みと)め、これに賛(さん)同(どう)しこれを助(たす)けることが果(はた)して真(しん)の愛(あい)国(こく)心(しん)であろうか。

     Shikashi jibun no seifu no nashita koto wa, nanigoto ni mo arekore de aru ga gotoku mitome, kore ni sandō shi kore o tasukeru koto ga hatashite shin no aikokushin de arō ka.

     However, is it really true patriotism to accept and support everything one's own government did as if it were this and that?