自決

じけつ【自決】

self-determination

〖U〗自主決定， 民族自決

*suicide

〖U〗〖C〗自殺.

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じけつ【自決】

1 〔自己決定〕 self-determination.

～する determine for [by] oneself.

●人に自決を促す[迫る] urge [call upon] sb to make his own decision.

2 〔自殺〕 suicide. [⇒じさつ²]

～する commit suicide; kill oneself.

●彼らは国を売ったという理由でその大臣に自決を迫った. They pressured the minister to commit suicide because, they said, he('d) sold out the country.

民族自決 ⇒みんぞく².