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    3. 自衛

    自衛

    自じ衛えい

    self-defense

    N2KMT4News #7+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive, ParticleMilitaryKanji Vocab22 strokes

    じえい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive, Particle

    1.
    self-defense, self-defence

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    彼かれは自じ衛えいのために武もど道うを習ならいました。

    He learned martial arts for self-defense.

    KMT3Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    自じ衛えいは基き本ほん的てきな人じん権けんです。

    Self-defense is a basic human right.

    KMT4Politics & LawDaily Life
    その国くにの防ぼう衛えい政せい策さくは自じ衛えいの原げん則そくに基もとづいています。

    The country's defense policy is based on the principle of self-defense.

    KMT5MilitaryPolitics & Law
    自じえ衛いた隊いをは国くにの自じ衛えいを目もく的てきとして設せつ立りつされました。

    The Self-Defense Forces were established for the purpose of national self-defense.

    KMT5MilitaryPolitics & Law
    国こく際さい法ほうは国こっ家かの自じ衛えい権けんを認みとめています。

    International law recognizes the right of self-defense for nations.

    KMT6Politics & LawMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    衛
    defense・protection
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