さこく

鎖 国

Common word

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

    national isolation, closing the country (to foreigners)

    • 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.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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