кокутай

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally national character).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəkʊˈtaj]

Noun

кокута́й • (kokutájm inan (genitive кокута́я, uncountable) (Japanese politics, philosophy, chiefly historical)

  1. 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)
  2. kokutai (the ideology centered on the principle of kokutai)

Declension