Sample Sentence with 一環

一環 (ikkan: link (e.g., a part of a larger plan))     one + ring

政府は取り締まりの一環として不法入国外国人を追放しています。
Seifu wa torishimari no ikkan toshite fuhōnyūkoku gaikokujin o tsuihō shite imasu.
The government is expelling illegal aliens as part of a crackdown.

Wow, 不法入国外国人 is one hell of a compound! But Breen treats it as two words, so that’s slightly less daunting than a seven-kanji concoction! Actually, though, all the characters are extremely common and visually simple, and one even appears twice!

政府 (seifu: government)
     government + government office
取り締まり (torishimari: control, management)
     to take + to regulate

You may have seen the second kanji, 締, in 締め切り (shimekiri: deadline, to fasten + to cut). In general, 締 gives off a sense of tightening.

不法入国 (fuhōnyūkoku: illegal immigration)
     not + law + to enter + country
外国人 (gaikokujin: foreigner)
     outside + country + person
追放 (tsuihō: exile, banishment)
     to drive out + to exile

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