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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく名めい

kokumei

country name

Example sentences

  1. 買かい物ものに行いったら、チーズが目めに入はいって、買かおうか?どうしようか?迷まよったんだけど、「原産げんさん国名こくめい:ドイツ」って書かいてあるの見みて、買かっちゃった。今晩こんばんは、チーズフォンデュにしよう。

    Some cheese caught my eye while I was out shopping, and I was torn on whether I should buy it, but then I saw "Made in Germany" written on it, and I bought it after all. So, how about some cheese fondue tonight?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本国内にっぽんこくないで販売はんばいされる場合ばあいには、原産げんさん国名こくめいおよび外国産清酒がいこくさんせいしゅを使用しようしたことの表示ひょうじが必要ひつようとなる。

    When such sake is sold in Japan, it is necessary to label the country of origin and use of sake produced in foreign country.

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

  3. 両国りょうこくの国名こくめいはそれぞれ「大日本国だいにほんこく」、「大朝鮮国だいちょうせんこく」と表記ひょうきすることとした。

    It was decided that the two countries’ names would be written as “Great Japan” and “Great Joseon,” respectively.

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

Kanji in 国名

  • 国countryOnコクKunくに
  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな

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