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植民地 (しょくみんち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
colony
A territory controlled, settled, or ruled by another country; common in historical and political contexts such as 植民地支配 and 植民地時代.
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Many countries became independent from colonial rule.
2
noun
Japanese settlement in Brazil
Brazilian Japanese/community usage: refers to a Japanese immigrant settlement in Brazil, not necessarily to a colony in the international-political sense.
Written forms 植しょく 民みん 地ち
Standard and common spelling for both the general political-historical meaning and the Brazil-related community usage.
殖しょく 民みん 地ち
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji variant given; 植民地 is the normal modern spelling.
Kanji 民 people, nation, subjects 殖 augment, increase, multiply Similar words 植しょく 民みん Refers to colonization or settlement itself; 植民地 is the place or territory.
植しょく 民みん 地ち 化か Means colonization, the process of making a place into a colony; 植民地 is the resulting colony.
コロニー A loanword that can mean colony in scientific, space, or community senses; 植民地 is the standard term for historical or political colonies.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound from 植民, 'colonization/settlement,' plus 地, 'land/place.' The spelling 植民地 is standard; 殖民地 is a rare variant using 殖, also associated with propagation or settlement.
