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国 語

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    national language

    • 第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。
      Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)

    • 彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。
      He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one's native language, mother tongue

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)