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    3. 祖国

    祖国

    祖そ国こく

    homeland

    KMT5News #6+1NounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab17 strokes

    そこく

    Noun

    1.
    homeland, motherland, fatherland, native country

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    彼かれは祖そ国こくを愛あいしている。

    He loves his homeland.

    KMT4Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    祖そ国こくのために戦たたかう兵へい士したち。

    Soldiers fighting for their homeland.

    KMT5MilitaryPolitics & Law
    多おおくの移い民みんが祖そ国こくを離はなれ、新しん天てん地ちを求もとめた。

    Many immigrants left their homelands in search of new lands.

    KMT5HistoryPolitics & Law
    祖そ国こくの独どく立りつを勝かち取とるために、彼かれらは命いのちを捧ささげた。

    To win the independence of their homeland, they sacrificed their lives.

    KMT5Politics & LawHistoryMilitary
    彼かれは遠とおく離はなれた祖そ国こくを思おもい、故こ郷きょうの歌うたを口くちずさんだ。

    Thinking of his distant homeland, he hummed a folk song.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    国
    くに…(3)
    country
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