さこく

鎖国

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners)

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb
national isolationclosing the country (to foreigners)
Noun
sakokupolicy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

Example Sentences

まぁ、日本も鎖国していたわけだしなあ。

Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.