05.Apr.2009 Today’s Japanese Lesson

今日の日本語

Today’s Japanese lesson is: 国連安保理 (こくれんあんぽり) – United Nations Security Council

Let’s take a look at how this breaks out into individual characters:

国 country
連 join, gang, clique
安 peaceful, safe
保 preserve, support
理 logic, arrangement

Now, let’s see the characters in compound form:

国連 – United Nations
安保理 – Security Council