일본

Jeju

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 日本, cognate with mainland Korean 일본 (ilbon).

    Pronunciation

    • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ilpon⫽
    • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [iɭbon]
    • Phonetic hangul: [일본]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ilbon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilbon
    Yale Romanization?ilpwon

    Proper noun

    일본 (ilbon)

    1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

    Synonyms

    References

    • “일본” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

    Korean

    Etymology

      Sino-Korean word from 日本, from 日 (“sun”) + 本 (“origin”).

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?Ilbon
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?Ilbon
      McCune–Reischauer?Ilbon
      Yale Romanization?il.pon

      Proper noun

      일본 • (Ilbon) (hanja 日本)

      1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
        일본 사람
        ilbon saram
        Japanese people; a Japanese person

      Coordinate terms

      countries in Asia: 아시아의 나라 (asia-ui nara) (appendix)edit

      See also

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