さこく

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of さこく – see the following entry.
鎖国
[noun] national isolation, closure of a country to foreigners
[verb] to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners
(This term, さこく (sakoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)