外国語

See also: 外国语 and 外國語

Japanese
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

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

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) がいこくご [gàíkókúgó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɡa̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

    Noun

    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

    References
    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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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