新興国

新興国

Japanese

新興国 (shinkō koku): emerging countries around the world.

新興国 (shinkō koku): newly industrialized countries.

Kanji in this term
新	興	国
しん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 5	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 新興 (shinkō, “burgeoning, rising”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しんこ​ーこく [shìńkóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋko̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

新興国 (hiragana しんこうこく, rōmaji shinkō koku)

1. emerging country, newly industrialized country
2. (dated) a newly independent country, no longer a colony

Usage notes

A country labeled as a 新興国 in Japanese could be deemed in English to be either an emerging country or a newly industrialized country, or even both, depending on the context.

The sense of no longer a colony is no longer used in modern contexts.

Related terms

• 先 (せん)進 (しん)国 (こく) (senshin koku): developed country
• 発 (はっ)展 (てん)途 (と)上 (じょう)国 (こく) (hatten tojō koku): developing country
• 開発 (かいはつ)途 (と)上 (じょう)国 (こく) (kaihatsu tojō koku): developing country (less common synonym of 発展途上国)
• 低 (てい)開発 (かいはつ)国 (こく) (tei kaihatsu koku): developing country (literally, “low-development country”)
• 後 (こう)進 (しん)国 (こく) (kōshin koku): developing country (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