N3843/1669

こく

nounnoun (generic)

Reading

Meanings

  • national language
  • Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
  • one's native language, mother tongue
  • native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

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Example sentences

国語こくご授業じゅぎょうでは漢字かんじかた国語こくご授業じゅぎょうでは漢字かんじかたならいます。

In Japanese class, we learn how to write kanji.

彼女かのじょ国語こくご得意とくいで、作文さくぶんがとても上手じょうずだ。

She is good at Japanese language arts, and her composition writing is very skilled.

今日きょう国語こくごのテストはむずかしかった。

Today's Japanese language test was difficult.

国語こくご教科書きょうかしょにはいろいろな物語ものがたりっている。

The Japanese language textbook contains various stories.

外国語がいこくごまなまえに、まず国語こくごをしっかりにつけることが大切たいせつだと先生せんせいわれた。

My teacher told me that before learning a foreign language, it is important to first master your native language properly.