鎖国

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See also: 鎖國 and 锁国


Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎖 国
さ
Grade: S 		こく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鎖國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

鎖(さ)国(こく) • (sakoku) 

  1. national isolation, closure of a country to foreigners

Antonyms

Descendants

  • → English: sakoku

Verb

鎖(さ)国(こく)する • (sakoku suru) suru (stem 鎖(さ)国(こく)し (sakoku shi), past 鎖(さ)国(こく)した (sakoku shita))

  1. to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鎖国する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鎖国し さこくし sakoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鎖国し さこくし sakoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鎖国する さこくする sakoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鎖国する さこくする sakoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鎖国すれ さこくすれ sakoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 鎖国せよ¹
鎖国しろ² 		さこくせよ¹
さこくしろ² 		sakoku seyo¹
sakoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 鎖国される さこくされる sakoku sareru
Causative 鎖国させる
鎖国さす 		さこくさせる
さこくさす 		sakoku saseru
sakoku sasu
Potential 鎖国できる さこくできる sakoku dekiru
Volitional 鎖国しよう さこくしよう sakoku shiyō
Negative 鎖国しない さこくしない sakoku shinai
Negative continuative 鎖国せず さこくせず sakoku sezu
Formal 鎖国します さこくします sakoku shimasu
Perfective 鎖国した さこくした sakoku shita
Conjunctive 鎖国して さこくして sakoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 鎖国すれば さこくすれば sakoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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