кокутай
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 国体 (kokutai, literally “national character”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəkʊˈtaj]
Noun
кокута́й • (kokutáj) m inan (genitive кокута́я, uncountable) (Japanese politics, philosophy, chiefly historical)
- kokutai (the national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center)
- kokutai (the ideology centered on the principle of kokutai)