Word Meaning 植民地

しょくみんち shokuminchi

植民地 is read as しょくみんち (shokuminchi) and means (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil).

Meaning

English

  1. (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
  2. colony

Reading

Kana

しょくみんち

Romaji

shokuminchi

Writing Variants

  • 殖民地 しょくみんち shokuminchi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 2164 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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植民地時代

しょくみんちじだい

colonial period

植民地化

しょくみんちか

colonization

植民地支配

しょくみんちしはい

colonial rule

定住植民地

ていじゅうしょくみんち

permanent colony

旧植民地

きゅうしょくみんち

former colony

植民地統治

しょくみんちとうち

colonial rule

植民地政策

しょくみんちせいさく

colonial policy

植民地主義

しょくみんちしゅぎ

colonialism

直轄植民地

ちょっかつしょくみんち

crown colony

新植民地主義

しんしょくみんちしゅぎ

neocolonialism

脱植民地化

だつしょくみんちか

decolonization

植民

しょくみん

colonization

Example Sentences

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Mars will be colonized.

After the war, Britain had many colonies.

Kenya used to be a British colony.

Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.

They gave the party their full support in their anti-colonialist editorials.

The northern half of what is today Papua New Guinea was a German colony.

During the colonial period, the place was rather exclusionary, admitting only foreign residents.

Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.