きょうしゅつ

供出

N5Common wordNoun

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime)•delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

Example Sentences

政府(せいふ)は金属(きんぞく)の供出(きょうしゅつ)を国民(こくみん)に求(もと)めた。

The government called on citizens to surrender metal for the war effort.

戦争中(せんそうちゅう)、米(こめ)を供出(きょうしゅつ)しなければならなかった。

During the war, people had to hand over their rice to the government.

お寺(てら)の鐘(かね)まで供出(きょうしゅつ)させられた時代(じだい)があった。

There was an era when even temple bells were requisitioned.

祖父(そふ)は当時(とうじ)、供出米(きょうしゅつまい)の割(わ)り当(あ)てに苦(くる)しんだと話(はな)していた。

My grandfather said that back then, he struggled under the quota for rice deliveries to the government.

submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany

キョウ / そな.える

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

シュツ / で.る