Hanamaruhanamaru

くに

country

kuni

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#233

Meanings

  1. 1
    country; staten
  2. 2
    regionn
  3. 3
    national government; central governmentn

JMdict 1592250

In a sentence

このくにがこの国がthis countryすき好きlike

I like this country

How it works

Here 好きすき (like) works like an adjective, not a verb — Japanese treats liking something as a state. The thing you like is marked with (subject), not the object particle, so この国このくに (this country) is grammatically the subject: literally “this country is likeable (to me).” There is no copula です (is) on the end, so it sounds plain and personal.

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