Word Meaning 靖国

せいこく seikoku

靖国 is read as せいこく (seikoku) and means pacifying the nation.

Meaning

English

  1. pacifying the nation

Reading

Kana

せいこく

Romaji

seikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

靖国神社

やすくにじんじゃ

Yasukuni Shrine

密入国

みつにゅうごく

smuggling oneself into a country

我が国

わがくに

our country

隣国

りんごく

neighbouring country

帝国

ていこく

empire

敵国

てきこく

enemy nation

鎖国

さこく

national isolation

中華人民共和国

ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく

People's Republic of China

独立国

どくりつこく

independent state

朝鮮民主主義人民共和国

ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

第三国

だいさんごく

a third country

護国

ごこく

defense of one's country

Example Sentences

3

The question of worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine is left to the independent judgement of Cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".

Such things as the textbook controversy, lack of recognition of historical events, and the prime minister's worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine have caused discord with China.