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国語
Readings

kokugo
English
Noun (futsuumeishi)
national language

Noun (futsuumeishi)
See also: 国語科
Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)

Noun (futsuumeishi)
one's native language, mother tongue

Noun (futsuumeishi)
native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

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Kanjis
ON: コク KUN: くに
country

Stroke: 8 Grade: 2 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 3-3-5 FC: 6010.0


ON: KUN: かた.る, かた.らう
word, speech, language

Stroke: 14 Grade: 2 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 1-7-7 FC: 0166.6


Phrases
彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。
Parts: (かれ) 国語 (こくご) 好き (すき) 得意 (とくい)
He likes Japanese, and he's good at it.

第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。
Parts: 第二 (だいに) 幾つか (いくつかの) クリオール それ自体 (それじたい) 独立 (どくりつ) 国語 (こくご) となる かも知れない (かもしれない)
Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.