宣せん撫ぶ工こう作さく

noun

pacification work; pacification activities

Refers to operations aimed at winning hearts and minds, often in a military or colonial context. The term is somewhat formal and may appear in historical or political discussions.

• 占せん領りょう地ちでの宣せん撫ぶ工こう作さくは、現げん地ち住じゅう民みんの協きょう力りょくを得えるために重じゅう要ようだった。

  Pacification work in the occupied territory was important for gaining the cooperation of the local population.