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    3. 占領

    占領

    占せん領りょう

    occupying

    N1KMT4News #4+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    せんりょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    occupying, having (an area) all to oneself
    2.
    military occupation, possession, capture, seizure

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    子こ供どもたちが公こう園えんを占せん領りょうした。

    The children occupied the park.

    KMT3Daily Life
    敵てき軍ぐんがその都と市しを占せん領りょうした。

    The enemy army occupied that city.

    KMT4Military
    猫ねこが私わたしの膝ひざを占せん領りょうして動うごかない。

    The cat occupied my lap and wouldn't move.

    KMT4AnimalsDaily Life
    彼かれは会かい議ぎ室しつを占せん領りょうし、長ちょ時うじ間か電んで話はをしていた。

    He monopolized the meeting room and was on the phone for a long time.

    KMT5Work & CareerDaily Life
    その国くには外がい国こく軍ぐんに占せん領りょうされた歴れき史しがある。

    That country has a history of being occupied by foreign forces.

    KMT5MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    占
    し.める・うらな.う…(4)
    fortune-telling・divining・forecasting・occupy・hold…(3)
    領
    えり…(3)
    jurisdiction・dominion・territory・fief・reign
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