Illustration: At an interactive geography table in a Japanese museum, a child fits a country-shaped piece into the northern part of a raised Korean Peninsula. The southern portion remains a separate fitted piece, while recognizable coastlines of China and Japan establish the surrounding geography.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北きた朝ちょう鮮せん

kitachousen

North Korea

Example sentences

  1. 北朝鮮きたちょうせんと韓国かんこくは隣同士となりどうしです。

    North Korea and South Korea are neighbors.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 平壌ぴょんやんは北朝鮮きたちょうせんの首都しゅとです。

    Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは北朝鮮きたちょうせん人じんです。

    I’m North Korean.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 北朝鮮

  • 北northOnホクKunきた
  • 朝morning; dynastyOnチョウKunあさ
  • 鮮fresh; vividOnセンKunあざやか

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