一国 – Vocabulary details

一いっ国こく

Meanings

Noun

1. one country

事じ実じつ、この国くにと同どう盟めいを結むすんでいる国くには一いっ国こくもない。In fact, not a single country is allied with this one.

2. the whole nation; the whole country

一いっ国こくを背せ負おう身みとなると、それも難むずかしい。When one bears the weight of an entire nation, even that is difficult.

Adjective (な)

Old-fashioned

3. stubborn; obstinate

Kanji used

一

one

国

country

Pitch accent

い

っこく

い

っこく

Used in: 1220

Used in vocabulary (7 in total)

一いっ国こく一いち城じょう

(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

一いっ国こく社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎ

one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country

一いっ国こく二に制せい度ど

one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for areas such as Hong Kong to maintain their own economic and administrative systems)

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Examples (7 in total)

彼かれは一いっ国こくの王おう子じである。

He is the prince of a country.

イエメンは中ちゅう東とうに位い置ちする一いっ国こくである。

Yemen is a country in the Middle East.

一いっ国こくを背せ負おう身みとなると、それも難むずかしい。