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sakoku

sakoku noun: the isolationist foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, in which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted.

Noun

sakoku (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The isolationist foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, in which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted.

Origin of sakoku

Borrowed from Japanese 鎖国, literally "closed country".

Questions about sakoku

What does sakoku mean?
Sakoku means the isolationist foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, in which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted.
What part of speech is sakoku?
Sakoku is a noun.

Words near sakoku in the dictionary

  1. Saklofske
  2. Sakmarian
  3. Sako
  4. sakobuvirus
  5. sakobuviruses
  6. sakoku
  7. Sakolski
  8. Sakon Nakhon
  9. Sakonnet
  10. Sakonnet Peninsula
  11. Sakonnet Point

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