How to say "Soviet Union" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Soviet Union" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Soviet Union" is "Soren", written in japanese as "ソ連".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

ソ連 (それん) is the proper noun referring to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which was a former communist superpower that existed from 1922 to 1991. This was one of the two main superpowers along with the United States during the Cold War period. The Soviet Union was a highly influential country that had a major impact on global politics, economy, and culture. Some example sentences: The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 - (ソ連は1991年に崩壊した). The Soviet Union was a key player in World War II - (ソ連は第二次世界大戦の主要な参加国だった).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 1 Kanji:

The kanji "連" means "Take along" and can be read as "Ren", "Tsu", and "Tsura"

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Soren" mean in japanese?

"Soren" means "Soviet Union".

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If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Soviet Union" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The katakana "ソ" is read as "so". The hiragana "れ" is read as "re". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra". And The hiragana "そ" is read as "so".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.

You are finally ready for your free japanese Lesson.

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.