本国 ほんごく
hongoku

Noun

1. home country; one's own country; country of origin

かれ音楽 おんがく本国 ほんごくでは人気 にんきがなかった。
kareno ongakuwa hongokudewa ninkiga nakatta.
His music was not popular at home.
Noun

2. suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country

Noun

3. country of one's ancestors

Noun

4. this country

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