王国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 王国 – see 王國 (“kingdom; realm”). (This term is the simplified form of 王國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	国
おう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
王國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/waukoku/ → /wɔːkoku/ → /oːkoku/

From Middle Chinese 王國 (hjwang kwok). Compare Mandarin 王国 (wángguó), Cantonese 王国 (wong4 gwok3), Korean 왕국 (wangguk), Vietnamese vương quốc.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーこく [òókókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

王(おう)国(こく) • (ōkoku) ^{←わうこく (waukoku)?}

1. kingdom (realm ruled by a king and/or queen)
   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)40(よんじゅう)話(わ)　消(き)えない炎(ほのお) [Chapter 40: The Undying Flame]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 159:

     君(くん)主(しゅ)ゼフィールの戦(せん)死(し)を知(し)ったベルン軍(ぐん)兵(へい)士(し)は武(ぶ)器(き)を手(て)放(ばな)した　一(いち)部(ぶ)の残(ざん)党(とう)は逃(とう)亡(ぼう)を図(はか)ったがこれ以(い)上(じょう)の戦(たたか)いを望(のぞ)まなかったロイはあえてそれを見(み)逃(のが)した　ベルン王(おう)国(こく)は陥(かん)落(らく)したのであった‼

     Kunshu Zefīru no senshi o shitta Berun gun heishi wa buki o tebana shita Ichibu no zantō wa tōbō o hakatta ga kore ijō no tatakai o nozomanakatta Roi wa aete sore o minogashita Berun Ōkoku wa kanraku shita no de atta‼

     Once word of the death of their monarch Zephiel spread, Bern’s soldiers started to drop their weapons. Although some managed to flee, Roy did not wish to pursue them further and decided to let them go instead. The Kingdom of Bern had now officially fallen!!

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 340–341:

     こうして　後(のち)に「ベルン動(どう)乱(らん)」と呼(よ)ばれる大(たい)陸(りく)全(ぜん)土(ど)を巻(ま)き込(こ)んだ大(たい)乱(らん)は幕(まく)を閉(と)じだ　ベルン王(おう)国(こく)は国(こく)王(おう)ゼフィールの死(し)とともにエトルリア王(おう)国(こく)に降(こう)伏(ふく)した　エトルリア王(おう)国(こく)は　一(いち)度(ど)ベルン王(おう)国(こく)を解(かい)体(たい)　遠(えん)方(ぽう)であることを理(り)由(ゆう)に直(ちょく)接(せつ)の統(とう)治(ち)はせず　改(あらた)めてベルンの地(ち)に　ギネヴィアを女(じょ)王(おう)とする　新(しん)ベルン王(おう)国(こく)を建(けん)国(こく)させる　ゼフィールの側(そば)近(ちか)く仕(つか)えた「暗(くら)闇(やみ)の巫(み)女(こ)」イドゥンの行(ゆく)方(え)はつかめずに終(お)わった　世(せ)界(かい)はエトルリア王(おう)国(こく)の主(しゅ)導(どう)のもと再(ふたた)び安(あん)定(てい)と平(へい)和(わ)を取(と)り戻(もど)していった

     Kō shite nochi ni “Berun dōran” to yobareru tairiku zendo o makikonda tairan wa maku o tojida Berun Ōkoku wa kokuō Zefīru no shi to tomo ni Etoruria Ōkoku ni kōfuku shita Etoruria Ōkoku wa ichido Berun Ōkoku o kaitai enpō de aru koto o riyū ni chokusetsu no tōchi wa sezu Aratamete Berun no chi ni Ginevia o jōu to suru Shin Berun Ōkoku o kenkoku saseru Zefīru no sobachikaku tsukaeta “Kurayami no Miko” Idun no yukue wa tsukamezu ni owatta Sekai wa Etoruria Ōkoku no shudō no moto futatabi antei to heiwa o torimodoshite itta

     And thus, the long struggle that had shaken the whole continent, known as the “Bern Upheaval”, came to an end. With King Zephiel’s death, the Kingdom of Bern surrendered to the Kingdom of Etruria. Etruria dissolved Bern’s monarchy for a time, but ultimately decided not to directly rule it due to geographical distance. Instead, Princess Guinevere was crowned queen, and a new kingdom was reestablished in Bern’s territory. One of Zephiel’s closest servants, Idun the “Dark Priestess”, was nowhere to be found. Peace and stability had a chance to prosper again in the world under Etruria’s leadership.

2. (figuratively) kingdom (realm or conceptual space where something is dominant)

   自(じ)動(どう)車(しゃ)王(おう)国(こく)

   jidōsha ōkoku

   kingdom of automobiles

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• 国(こく)王(おう) (kokuō, “king”)