国内

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 国内 – see 國內 (“in the country; within one's country; back home; domestic; civil; internal”).
(This term, 国内, is the simplified form of 國內.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
国 内
こく
Grade: 2		 ない
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 國內 (kwok nwojᴴ, “country inside”). Compare modern Chinese 国内 (guónèi).

Pronunciation

Noun

国内 (hiragana こくない, rōmaji kokunai)

  1. inside the country, domestic
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Originally a compound of Old Japanese 国 (kuni, “country”) +‎ 内 (うち, “inside”). Already appears in the abbreviated form in the Man'yōshū.

/kuni uchi/ > /kunuchi/

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

国内 (hiragana くぬち, rōmaji kunuchi)

  1. (archaic) the interior of a country; within a country's borders

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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