帰化

Japanese

Kanji in this term
帰 化
き
Grade: 2
か
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
歸化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

帰(き) (ki, “to submit to”) + 化(か) (-ka, “-ize”)

Pronunciation

Noun

帰(き)化(か) • (kika) ←きくわ (kikwa)?

  1. the process of taking citizenship in a foreign country; naturalization

Derived terms

Verb

帰(き)化(か)する • (kika suru) intransitive suru (stem 帰(き)化(か)し (kika shi), past 帰(き)化(か)した (kika shita))

  1. to naturalize

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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