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占領 (せんりょう): occupation, possession, have a room to oneself — Japanese vocabulary

占領 is read せんりょう and means "occupation, possession, have a room to oneself". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

占領

Reading
せんりょう · senryou
Translation
occupation, possession, have a room to oneself
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
せんりょうが

Example

この机は場所を占領しすぎる。

このつくえはばしょをせんりょうしすぎる。

This desk takes up too much room.

Kanji in this word

  • 占 — occupy, fortune-tell
  • 領 — territory

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