りょう
Meanings
Noun
1. その国の主権が及ぶ地域。
2. 領有している土地。
Kanji used
territory
earth
Pitch accent
りょ
うど
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Composed of
① 保有する土地。
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
territorial dispute; territorial issue
violation of territorial sovereignty; intrusion into territory
Southern Kuril Islands (held by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories
overseas territory; overseas possession
maintenance of territorial integrity
territorial sovereignty
Examples (8 in total)
They increased the territory of the empire.
That island is American territory.
The armed forces occupied the entire territory.