国語

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a language; a national language
  • (specifically) the Japanese language
  • Mandarin; Standard Mandarin

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 国 (country, state, nation, land, province, national, region) + Japanese 語 (language, word, words, utterance, term, -ese, speech).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

language, word, words, utterance, term, -ese, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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