せんりょう
Meanings
Noun
1. 本来自らのものでない場所を自分のものとしていること。しばしば「不正に」「強制的に」の意味を含む。
Kanji used
fortune-telling
territory
Pitch accent
んりょう
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Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
occupied territory
occupation forces; occupation army
being under military occupation
occupier; occupying forces
rule of an occupying power
protective occupation (of a country)
occupation period (e.g. post-WWII period during which the Allies occupied Japan)
Examples (5 in total)
The enemy occupied the fort.
The armed forces occupied the entire territory.
This desk takes up too much room.