ＡＢＣＤ包囲陣えーびーしーでぃーほういじん

noun

ABCD encirclement

Historical term for the economic and military encirclement of Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch East Indies, beginning around 1940. Used in discussions of pre-WWII Japanese history.

• ＡＢＣＤ包ほう囲い陣じんは、日本にほんへの経けい済ざい制せい裁さいを強きょう化かするために形けい成せいされた。

  The ABCD encirclement was formed to strengthen economic sanctions against Japan.

• 歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうでＡＢＣＤ包ほう囲い陣じんについて学まなんだ。

  I learned about the ABCD encirclement in history class.