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Japanese symbol for “pentagon”

Romaji: pentagon
the Pentagon (US Department of Defense)

In Japanese, pentagon is (pentagon).

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Meanings

  1. n the Pentagon (US Department of Defense)
  2. n pentagon

Other Japanese words for “pentagon”

WordReadingMeaning
ごかくけい gokakukeipentagon
こくぼうしょう kokuboushouDepartment of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
こくぼうそうしょう kokubousoushouDepartment of Defense (US); the Pentagon
ごへんけい gohenkeipentagon
ごかく gokakupentagon

See also: Chinese symbol for “pentagon”.

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.