売国

Japanese
Kanji in this term
売 国
ばい
Grade: 2		 こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku) 

    1. selling out one's nation, treason
      それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。
      Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
      That's like selling out the country.

    Derived terms

    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
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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