Illustration: Inside a Japanese history museum, a child studies a large fictional empire diorama. An emperor sits on a raised throne at the center, while delegations from several visibly different provinces approach with miniature local goods.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

帝てい国こく

teikoku

empire

Example sentences

最もっとも強大きょうだいな帝国ていこくですら崩壊ほうかいする。
Even the mightiest of empires comes to an end.
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その帝国ていこくはすべての小国しょうこくを併合へいごうした。
The empire absorbed all the small states.
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インカ帝国ていこくの政府せいふはすべての物ものを管理かんりしていた。
The government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.
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Kanji in 帝国

帝sovereign; the emperorOnテイKunみかど
国countryOnコクKunくに

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