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    3. 独裁

    独裁

    独どく裁さい

    dictatorship

    N1KMT4News #6+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab21 strokes

    どくさい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    dictatorship, despotism, autocracy
    2.
    running (a company, etc.) despotically

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    その国くには独どく裁さい政せい治じが行おこなわれている。

    That country is under a dictatorship.

    KMT3Politics & Law
    彼かれは独どく裁さい的てきなリーダーシップで会かい社しゃを経けい営えいしている。

    He runs the company with dictatorial leadership.

    KMT4Politics & LawBusiness & Finance
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの独どく裁さい者しゃが権けん力りょくを握にぎってきた。

    Throughout history, many dictators have seized power.

    KMT5Politics & LawHistory
    民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎは独どく裁さい政せい治じとは対たい極きょくにある。

    Democracy is the antithesis of dictatorship.

    KMT5Politics & LawCore Concepts
    独どく裁さい政せい権けん下かでは、個こ人じんの自じ由ゆうが厳きびしく制せい限げんされる。

    Under a dictatorial regime, individual freedoms are severely restricted.

    KMT6Politics & LawCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    独
    ひと.り…(4)
    single・alone・spontaneously・Germany
    裁
    た.つ・さば.く…(1)
    tailor・judge・decision・cut out (pattern)
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