かんこく
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. South Korea; Republic of Korea
2. Korean Empire (1897-1910)
Pitch accent
か
んこく
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
Korean (language; esp. as spoken in South Korea)
South Korean person
(South) Korean cooking; (South) Korean food
Korean (TV) drama; K-drama
annexation of Korea (by Japan; 1910-1945)
gim; kim; Korean nori
Koreans residing in Japan (esp. those who came to Japan before 1945 and their descendants); Zainichi Koreans
New Korea Party
Korea Composite Stock Price Index; KOSPI
Korean studies; Koreanology
Korea Standard Time; KST
Korean Institute of Science and Technology
Korean Institute of Science and Technology
Korean Development Bank
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute; KAERI
Korea Aerospace Research Institute; KARI
National Library of Korea
Korea Industrial Safety Corporation; Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; KRIBB
Korean Standards Association; KSA
Korean Traders' Association
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Korea Train Express (South Korean bullet train service); KTX
Korea Exchange; KRX
Examples (11 in total)
Is this your first time in Korea?
I want to visit Korea.
My grandfather died in Korea.