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売国奴 (ばいこくど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

売ばい国こく奴ど

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Meanings

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noun

traitor to one's country; quisling

derogatory

A strongly derogatory term for someone who betrays their own nation, often used in political or wartime contexts.

彼かれは戦せん時じ中ちゅうに敵てきに情じょう報ほうを流ながした売ばい国こく奴どとして非ひ難なんされた。
He was condemned as a traitor for leaking information to the enemy during the war.

その政せい治じ家かは売ばい国こく奴ど呼よばわりされた。

The politician was called a traitor to his country.

Kanji

売sell
国country
奴guy, slave, manservant

Similar words

裏うら切ぎり者もの
裏切り者 is a broader term for a betrayer or backstabber, not necessarily limited to betraying one's country. 売国奴 specifically refers to national treason and carries a heavier, more political condemnation.
国こく賊ぞく
国賊 is a more formal or literary term for a traitor or enemy of the state, often used in historical or legal contexts. 売国奴 is more colloquial and emotionally charged.

Etymology

Compound of 売国 (baikoku, 'selling out one's country') + 奴 (do, derogatory suffix for a person). The term is a calque from Western languages such as English 'traitor' or 'quisling', gaining currency in modern Japanese political discourse.