大東亜

See also: 大東亞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 東 亜
だい
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2 		あ
Grade: S
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
大東亞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 大(だい) (dai-, “big, large, greater”) + 東(とう)亜(あ) (Tōa, “East Asia”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいとーあ [dàítóꜜòà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ito̞ːa̠]

Proper noun

大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ) • (Daitōa) 

  1. Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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