祖国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 祖国 – see 祖國 (“homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland; ancestral land”). (This term, 祖国, is the simplified form of 祖國.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Alternative spelling
祖國 (kyūjitai)

祖(そ)国(こく) • (sokoku)

homeland, motherland, fatherland
彼(かれ)らは祖国(そこく)への望郷(ぼうきょう)の思(おも)いを募(つの)らせた。
Kare-ra wa sokoku e no bōkyō no omoi o tsunoraseta.
They had waves of nostalgia for the fatherland.

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