大日本帝国
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 大日本帝国 – see 大日本帝國 (“Empire of Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 大日本帝國). |
Notes:
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大 | 日 | 本 | 帝 | 国 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
にち > にっ Grade: 1 |
ほん > ぽん Grade: 1 |
てい Grade: S |
こく Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi | kan'on | on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大日本帝國 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From 大日本 (dainippon, “Japan”, poetic) + 帝国 (teikoku, “empire”).[1] Use of 大 for a name of empire is a Chinese tradition since the Tang dynasty.
Proper noun
大日本帝国 • (Dainippon Teikoku)
- Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890–1947)
Descendants
- → Chinese: 大日本帝國 / 大日本帝国 (Dà Rìběn Dìguó)
- → Korean: 대일본제국(大日本帝國) (daeilbonjeguk)
- → Vietnamese: 大日本帝國 (Đại Nhật Bản Đế quốc)
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN