Illustration: At a Japanese coastal defense observation post, uniformed Self-Defense Force personnel scan the open sea through mounted binoculars. A radar installation stands behind them, and a patrol vessel moves offshore. A Japanese flag flies over the compound.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく防ぼう

kokubou

national defense

Example sentences

国防こくぼうのため大おおきな額がくが計上けいじょうされた。
A considerable amount of money was appropriated for the national defense.
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彼かれは核兵器かくへいきは国防こくぼうのために必要ひつようだと主張しゅちょうしている。
He contends that nuclear weapons are necessary for national defense.
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そこで朝廷ちょうていは、まず国防こくぼう力りょくの増強ぞうきょうを図はかることとした。
As a result, the Imperial Court began to build up national defenses.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 国防

国countryOnコクKunくに
防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ

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