中つ国

Japanese
Kanji in this term
中 国
なか
Grade: 1		 くに
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

Noun

中つ国 (hiragana なかつくに, rōmaji nakatsukuni)

  1. Short for 葦原の中つ国 (ashihara no nakatsukuni, “mortal realm”).

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from English Middle-earth

Proper noun

中つ国 (hiragana なかつくに, rōmaji Nakatsukuni)

  1. Middle-earth

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