竹島問題 – vocab dash

竹たけ島しま問もん題だい

Meanings

Noun

1. Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

Kanji used

竹bamboo 島island 問question 題topic

Composed of

竹たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

Noun

島しま

island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf

Noun

問もん題だい

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; …

Noun