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    3. 鎖国

    鎖国

    鎖さ国こく

    national isolation

    KMT8News #20+1CoreHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab26 strokes

    さこく

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    national isolation, closing the country (to foreigners)

    Noun

    2.
    sakoku, policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
    historical term

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    日に本ほんは昔むかし、鎖さ国こくをしていた。

    Japan used to be in national isolation.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、日に本ほんは鎖さ国こく政せい策さくをとっていた。

    During the Edo period, Japan adopted a policy of national isolation.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    鎖さ国こく中ちゅうも、長なが崎さきの出で島じまを通つうじて限げん定てい的てきな貿ぼう易えきが行おこなわれていた。

    Even during national isolation, limited trade was conducted through Dejima in Nagasaki.

    KMT8HistoryBusiness & Finance
    鎖さ国こくが終おわり、日に本ほんは急きゅう速そくに近きん代だい化かの道みちを歩あゆみ始はじめた。

    After national isolation ended, Japan rapidly began its path to modernization.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistory
    鎖さ国こくは日に本ほんの文ぶん化かや社しゃ会かいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    National isolation had a significant impact on Japanese culture and society.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & TraditionsPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    鎖
    くさり・とざ.す…(1)
    chain・irons・connection
    国
    くに…(3)
    country
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