Foreign Country - Kotokoku

Japanese: 異国 - ことくに

〘noun〙① A foreign country. A foreign land. A foreign land. A foreign land. ※Yamato (around 947-957) 147 "A man from the same country should not be in the same place. How can such a person defile the soil of this country?" ② A foreign country. A foreign land. A foreign land. ※Genji (around 1001-14) Tokonatsu "I think it was for the sake of a woman who does not know much about such things."

Ikoku [foreign country]

〘 noun 〙 A foreign country. A foreign country. To be. ※Gyokuyo - 1172, 2nd year of the Joan era (September 17th) " _{_{There are}} foreign countries, and _{it is} shameful to say _so ." ※Heike (before the 13th century) 5 "Empress Jingu <abbreviated> After she had put an end to the war in foreign countries" [Li Ling - Tosubusho]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 他国。よその国。よその土地。異郷。※大和（947‐957頃）一四七「おなじくにの男をこそ、おなじ所にはせめ。ことくにの人の、いかでかこの国の土をばをかすべき」② 外国。外(と)つ国。異邦。※源氏（1001‐14頃）常夏「広くことくにの事を知らぬ女のためとなむ思ゆる」