航空自卫队
Traditional form:
航空自衛隊
Pinyin (reading):
hángkōngzìwèiduì
Definitions:
- air self-defense force
Characters:
- 航 - vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
- 队 - team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
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