(collective, history) the Six States (韓(かん) (Kan, “Han”), 魏(ぎ) (Gi, “Wei”), 趙(ちょう) (Chō, “Zhao”), 斉(せい) (Sei, “Qi”), 楚(そ) (So, “Chu”), 燕(えん) (En, “Yan”))

Izunokuni (a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

(education, school subject) Short for 現代国語 (gendai kokugo, “Japanese”)

(derogatory, offensive, Internet slang) South Korea

a cold country or region

(historical) Shinano Province, a historical prefecture of Japan in present-day Nagano prefecture

(history) Nakoku

Short for 国際連合安全保障理事会 (Kokusai Rengō Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “United Nations Security Council”); short for 国連安全保障理事会 (Kokuren Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “UN Security Council”); the Security Council

(of various countries) the National Security Council

Clipping of 国際連合安全保障理事会 (Kokusai Rengō Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “United Nations Security Council”); the UN Security Council