民みん族ぞく自じ決けつ

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Meanings

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self-determination of peoples

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

Political principle that a people or nation has the right to determine its own political status and form of government.

民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくは国こく際さい法ほうの重じゅう要ような柱はしらの一ひとつだ。
The principle of self-determination of peoples is one of the important pillars of international law.

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Usage patterns

民みん族ぞく自じ決けつを求もとめるto call for/demand self-determination
多おおくの植しょく民みん地ちは民みん族ぞく自じ決けつを求もとめて独どく立りつ運うん動どうを起おこした。
Many colonies rose up in independence movements demanding self-determination.
民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくthe principle of self-determination
ウィルソン大だい統とう領りょうは民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくを提てい唱しょうした。
President Wilson advocated the principle of self-determination.