Japanese symbol for “occupying”
占領
せんりょう
Romaji: senryou
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself
In Japanese, occupying is 占領, read せんりょう (senryou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt occupying; having (an area) all to oneself
- n, vs, vt military occupation; possession; capture; seizure
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “occupying”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占住 | せんじゅう senjuu | occupying |
| 占位 | せんい sen'i | occupying (a position); holding (a spot) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独占 | どくせん dokusen | monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity |
| 占い | うらない uranai | fortune-telling; divination |
| 占い師 | うらないし uranaishi | diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer |
| 占有 | せんゆう sen'yuu | possession; occupation; occupancy |
| 独り占め | ひとりじめ hitorijime | hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 領域 | りょういき ryouiki | territory; domain |
| 領土 | りょうど ryoudo | territory; domain; dominion |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.