領りょう土ど

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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Refers to land under the jurisdiction or control of a state, ruler, or group. Often used in political, legal, and historical contexts.

だい

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That country has a territorial dispute with its neighbor.

かつてこの地ち域いきはフランスの領りょう土どだった。

This area was once French territory.

領りょう土どを守まもるto defend one's territory
その国くには隣りん国ごくから領りょう土どを守まもるために軍ぐんを強きょう化かした。
The country strengthened its military to defend its territory from a neighboring nation.
領りょう土どを拡かく大だいするto expand one's territory
この王おうは戦せん争そうによって領りょう土どを拡かく大だいした。
This king expanded his territory through war.
領りょう土どを奪うばうto seize (someone's) territory
敵てき国こくは交こう戦せんの末すえ、領りょう土どを奪うばった。
After the fighting, the enemy country seized the territory.
領りょう土どを放ほう棄きするto relinquish territory
条じょう約やくにより、その国くには一いち部ぶの領りょう土どを放ほう棄きした。
Under the treaty, the country relinquished part of its territory.

領りょう域いきN1
領土 refers strictly to sovereign land under a state's jurisdiction, while 領域 is broader and can mean an area, field, or domain in either geographic or abstract senses.
国こく土どN1
国土 refers to a country's land as a whole, often focusing on geography or national land planning, while 領土 emphasizes legal jurisdiction and ownership.
版はん図と
版図 is a literary, often historical word for the extent of a ruler's or empire's domain, while 領土 is the standard modern term for a state's sovereign land.
領りょう地ちN1
領土 usually refers to the territory of a nation or state, while 領地 more often refers to a lord's or institution's private domain or estate.

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飛とび地ち
領土 is the general word for a country's territory as a whole, while 飛び地 names specifically a detached, non-contiguous piece of that territory.
領りょう内ない
領土 denotes the whole territory of a country or ruler, whereas 領内 highlights being inside that territory.
テリトリー
領土 specifically means the territory of a country or state, while テリトリー is broader and can apply to personal, animal, or business contexts.

領りょう海かいN1
領土 refers to sovereign land, while 領海 refers to the territorial waters surrounding a country, a related but distinct legal concept.
領りょう空くうN1
領空 is the airspace above a nation, whereas 領土 is the land territory itself, so the two terms are easily mixed up despite covering different dimensions of sovereignty.

Sino-Japanese compound of 領 (control, jurisdiction) and 土 (land).

りょう

土ど

保ほ

全ぜん

territorial integrity; maintenance of territorial integrity

territorial dispute; territorial issue

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