N2270/1725

自じ衛えい

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbintransitive verbnoun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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じえい

Meanings

self-defense, self-defence

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Example sentences

彼かれは自衛じえいのためにナイフを持もち歩あるいていた。

He was carrying a knife for self-defense.

自衛じえいする手段しゅだんを考かんがえておくことが大切たいせつだ。

It is important to think about means of self-defense in advance.

その国くには自衛じえいのために軍隊ぐんたいを強化きょうかした。

That country strengthened its military for self-defense.

自衛じえいできない状況じょうきょうに追おい込こまれたとき、人ひとはどうすべきか。

What should a person do when driven into a situation where they cannot defend themselves?

憲法けんぽう上じょう、自衛じえいのための武力ぶりょく行使こうしは認みとめられているが、その範囲はんいについては依然いぜんとして議論ぎろんが続つづいている。

Under the constitution, the use of force for self-defense is permitted, but debate over its scope continues to this day.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)