国書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 2
しょ
Grade: 2

Noun

国書 (hiragana こくしょ, rōmaji kokusho)

  1. a diplomatic letter, a message sent by the head of state
    • 2000, Michihide Habu, Tōgō Heihachirō, OCLC 76805361:
      その (こく) (しょ) (へん) (しょ) () (げん) (やく) (いち) (ねん) (さき)であたが、その (あいだ) (こく) (ろん)は、 (じょう) () (ろん) (かい) (こく) (ろん) (おお)きく ()かれていこうとしていたのである。
      Sono kokusho no hensho kigen wa yaku ichinen saki deata ga, sono aida ni kokuron wa, jōiron to kaikokuron ni ōkiku wakarete ikō toshite ita no dearu.
      The time to reply to the diplomatic dispatch was about a year off, but during that time national opinion regarding the exclusion of foreigners and the opening of the country would undergo a large schism.
  2. a piece of national literature; a literary work written in the national language, as opposed to a foreign language
    • 2019 April 3, “Shin gengō: Kami kirakeba ryōtan ni kokusho jimu-kata setsumei [New era name: If you open the paper you will see national literature on both ends, staff say]”, in Mainichi Shimbun:
       (いっ) (ぽう) (ろく) (あん) (てい) () () (かた)や、 () () (かた)による (せつ) (めい) (ない) (よう)からは、「 (こく) (しょ) (てん) (きょ)とした (はつ) (げん) (ごう)」を () ()した (けい) (せき)もみえる。
      Ippō de roku an no teiji no shikata ya, jimukata ni yoru setsumei no naiyō kara wa, “kokusho o tenkyo toshita hatsu no gengō” o mezashita keiseki mo mieru.
      On the other hand, based on how the final six were presented and on the staff's explanation, a goal of "first era name from the national literature" also appears.
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