母国語

Contents

JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
母	国	語
ぼ Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

EtymologyEdit

母国 +‎ 語 (“language”)

NounEdit

母国語 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 母國語, hiragana ぼこくご, rōmaji bokokugo)

1. native language, mother tongue, first language

AntonymsEdit

• (native language): 外国語 (がいこくご) (gaikokugo): foreign language

SynonymsEdit

• (native language): 母語 (ぼご) (bogo)