1.
powerful nation; great power; major power
A country with significant military, economic, and political influence in international affairs.
アメリカは世界の強大国だ。
America is a world power.
強大国の間で緊張が高まっている。
Tensions are rising among the great powers.
歴史的に見ると、強大国の興亡は国際秩序の変化と密接に結びついている。
Historically, the rise and fall of great powers is closely tied to changes in the international order.
A compound of 強大 (mighty, powerful) and 国 (country, nation). Used in political science, international relations, and news reporting to describe countries with outsized global influence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 軍事強大国: military superpower
- 経済強大国: economic powerhouse
- 強大国の覇権: hegemony of great powers
- 強大国の台頭: rise of a great power
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 大国: great power, major nation — the most common and neutral term
- 超大国: superpower — specifically for nations at the top of global power
- 列強: the great powers — historically, the group of dominant colonial/imperial nations