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    3. 投降

    投降

    投とう降こう

    surrender

    KMT8News #23+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    とうこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    surrender

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    敵てきは投とう降こうしました。

    The enemy surrendered.

    KMT8Military
    兵へい士したちは武ぶ器きを捨すてて投とう降こうした。

    The soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered.

    KMT8Military
    司し令れい官かんは、これ以い上じょうの犠ぎ牲せいを避さけるため投とう降こうを決けつ断だんした。

    The commander decided to surrender to avoid further casualties.

    KMT8Military
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの戦たたかいで投とう降こうが戦せん局きょくを左さ右ゆうしてきました。

    Historically, surrender has influenced the course of many battles.

    KMT8MilitaryHistory
    彼かれらは無む条じょう件けん投とう降こうを要よう求きゅうされたが、最さい後ごまで抵てい抗こうした。

    They were demanded to surrender unconditionally, but they resisted until the very end.

    KMT9MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    投
    な.げる・-な.げ…(1)
    throw・discard・abandon・launch into・join…(4)
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
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