発展途上国

Japanese
Kanji in this term
発 展 途 上 国
はつ > はっ
Grade: 3		 てん
Grade: 6		 と
Grade: S		 じょう
Grade: 1		 こく
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
發展途上國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 発展 (hatten, “development, growth”) +‎ 途上 (tojō, “partway, in the process of”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).[1]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) はってんとじょ​ーこく [hàttéń tójóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠t̚tẽ̞n to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) • (hatten tojō koku) 

    1. developing country, emerging economy

    Synonyms

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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