りょう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. dominion; territory; possession
Kanji used
territory
earth
Pitch accent
りょ
うど
Top 9400
Composed of
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
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.