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Meaning of 鎖国(さこく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 鎖国

Kana Reading さこく

Romaji sakoku

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

national isolation; exclusion of foreigners

Examples of 鎖国, さこく in a sentence

まぁ、日本も鎖国していたわけだしなあ。

Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.

Related Kanji

鎖 JLPT 1

18 strokes

chain, irons, connection

On'Yomi: サ

Kun'Yomi: くさり, とざ.す

国 JLPT 5

8 strokes

country

On'Yomi: コク

Kun'Yomi: くに