Illustration: At the international arrivals area of a Japanese airport, a returning traveler pushes a scuffed suitcase toward waiting parents and a younger sibling. A Japanese flag hangs above the arrival passage, and the traveler carries a small matching flag tucked into the suitcase handle.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん国ごく

hongoku

home country

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの音楽おんがくは本国ほんごくでは人気にんきがなかった。

    His music was not popular at home.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そのスパイは本国ほんごくへ帰かえるとすぐに他国たこくへ行いくように言いわれた。

    No sooner had the spy returned home than he was told to go to another country.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 各国公使かっこくこうしは、事ことの次第しだいを本国ほんごくに告つげ、日本政府にっぽんせいふに繰くり返かえし抗議こうぎを行おこなった。

    Ministers from various countries made repeated protests against the Japanese government while reporting what was going on to their countries.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 本国

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 国countryOnコクKunくに

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