途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
途	上	国
と Grade: S	じょう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とじょーこく [tòjóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

途上国 (hiragana とじょうこく, rōmaji tojō koku)

developing country

Synonyms

発展途上国 (はってんとじょうこく, hatten tojō koku)
開発途上国 (かいはつとじょうこく, kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
低開発国 (ていかいはつこく, tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
後進国 (こうしんこく, kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

Related terms

先進国 (せんしんこく, senshin koku) developed country
新興国 (しんこうこく, shinkō koku) newly industrialized country

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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