Alternative spelling of 国境 (“frontier”) (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

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

Hyūga Province, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture

(law) defendant; the accused; respondent

(archaic) foreign country

(Shinto) the gods of the earth, descendants of the 天(あま)津(つ)神(かみ) (ama tsu kami, “gods of the heavens”)

the kanji radical 囗, which encloses other elements to form characters such as 国, 囲, etc.

Japan

knish

official, civil servant, public servant, officer