しょくみんち – Vocabulary details

しょくみんち

Meanings

Noun

1. colony

2. (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

しょ

くみ

んち

Composed of

しょくみん

colonization; colonisation

ち

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

しょくみんちか

colonization; colonisation

colonial rule

colonial period

colonial policy

colonialism

colonial rule

crown colony

permanent colony

Examples (11 in total)

イギリスは多おおくのしょくみんちを設もうけた。

Britain established many colonies.

英えい国こくは多おおくのしょくみんちを設もうけた。

England established many colonies.

イギリス人じんはアメリカにしょくみんちを樹じゅ立りつした。

The English established colonies in America.