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
     developing economies according to the IMF     developing economies out of scope of the IMF     graduated to developed economy (先進国 senshin koku)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

発展途上国 (hiragana はってんとじょうこく, rōmaji hatten tojō koku)

  1. developing country, emerging economy

Synonyms
  • 途上国 (とじょうこく) (tojō koku) (abbreviation of 発展途上国)
  • 開発途上国 (かいはつとじょうこく) (kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
  • 低開発国 (ていかいはつこく) (tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
  • 後進国 (こうしんこく) (kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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