途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 1
こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
途上國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Short for 発展途上国 (hatten tojō koku).[1][2]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) じょーこく [tòjóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    ()(じょう)(こく) • (tojō koku) 

    1. developing country

    Synonyms

    References

    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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