Vocabulary

What does 鎖国 (さこく, sakoku) mean?

鎖国 (さこく, sakoku) means national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners).

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Readingさこく
Romajisakoku
Part of speechnoun, suru verb
さこく
sakoku

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners)

  1. 1noun · suru verb national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners)
  2. 2noun sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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