田舎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
田	舎
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
Irregular

Etymology

Jukujikun (meaning as reading) kanji.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いなか [ìnáká] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ina̠ka̠]

Noun

田舎 (hiragana いなか, rōmaji inaka)

(sensitive) country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), rural area
生活 (せいかつ)は都 (と)市 (し)より田舎 (いなか)のほうが安泰 (あんたい)だ。
Seikatsu wa toshi yori inaka no hō ga antai da.
Life is more secure in the country than in the city.

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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