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鎖国 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
鎖国
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Reading : さこく   
national isolation; exclusion of foreigners  (see also: 開国)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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鎖国 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 108,000 (about 1,510,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
まぁ
にほん
日本
さこく
鎖国
していた
わけなあ
Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.
とくがわばくふ
徳川幕府
さこく
鎖国
れい
いていた
からである
This was because the Tokugawa shogunate had imposed an order of national isolation.
Source: 日本人の「翻訳」 亀井秀雄, translation by Bunsuke)
さこく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 247,000 (about 16,400 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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サ   くさり a chain   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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dot   
box, enclosure   
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