売国

Japanese
Kanji in this term
売 国
ばい
Grade: 2		 こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku) 

    1. selling out one's nation, treason
      それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。
      Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
      That's like selling out the country.

    Derived terms

    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
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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