後進国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	進	国
こう Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 後進 (kōshin, “progressing late”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こーしんこく [kòóshíꜜǹkòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕĩŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

後進国 (hiragana こうしんこく, rōmaji kōshinkoku)

developing country, backward country

Antonyms

先進国 (せんしんこく) (senshinkoku)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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