北進論

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほく
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: 3
ろん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ほく)(しん) (hokushin, advancement northward) + (ろん) (-ron, theory).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くしんろん [hòkúshíꜜǹròǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ɕĩn̺ɾõ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ほく)(しん)(ろん) • (hokushinron

  1. (history) Hokushin-ron, Imperial Japan's pre-WWII-era policy of northern expansionism towards Manchuria and Siberia

See also