北方領土 – vocab dash

北ほっ方ぽう領りょう土ど

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Meanings

Noun

1. Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ほっぽうりょうど

Composed of

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

Noun

territory; domain; dominion; possession

Noun

Used in vocabulary

Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute

Noun

Northern Territories Issue Association

Noun

Examples1

日本にほんは北ほっ方ぽう領りょう土どを日本にほん固こ有ゆうのものにしたがっている。

Japan claims the Northern Territories for its own.