しょくみん
Meanings
Noun
1. colony
2. (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
Kanji used
plant
people
ground
Pitch accent
しょ
くみ
んち
Top 25800
Composed of
colonization; colonisation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Examples (11 in total)
Britain established many colonies.
England established many colonies.
The English established colonies in America.
Kenya used to be a British colony.
Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.
At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
France used to have many colonies in Africa.
After the war, Britain had many colonies.
A part of the country was at one time a French settlement.
The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.