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外国語

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See also: 外国语 and 外國語

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
外 国 語
がい
Grade: 2 		こく
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
外國語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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外国 (gaikoku, “foreign country”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language, -ese”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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外(がい)国(こく)語(ご) • (gaikokugo) 

  1. (linguistics) a foreign language
    外(がい)国(こく)語(ご)を知(し)らない者(もの)は自(じ)分(ぶん)自(じ)身(しん)の言(げん)語(ご)について何(なに)も知(し)らない。
    Gaikokugo o shiranai mono wa jibun jishin no gengo ni tsuite nani mo shiranai .
    Those who do not know foreign languages know nothing about their own language.

Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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