- satchou Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
Learners encounter this in Japanese history texts, referring specifically to the Satsuma and Chōshū domains that allied to overthrow the shogunate.
薩長同盟は幕末の歴史で重要だ。
Satchō dōmei wa bakumatsu no rekishi de jūyō da.
The Satsuma-Chōshū alliance is important in the history of the late shogunate.
薩長の力が明治維新を成功させた。
Satchō no chikara ga Meiji ishin o seikō saseta.
The power of Satsuma and Chōshū made the Meiji Restoration succeed.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 薩摩 (Satsuma) or 長州 (Chōshū) individually, as 薩長 refers to the combined alliance of both domains.
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