大東亜共栄圏

See also: 大東亞共榮圈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 東 亜 共 栄 圏
だい
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2 		あ
Grade: S 		きょう
Grade: 4 		えい
Grade: 4 		けん
Grade: S
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
大東亞共榮圈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ) (Daitōa, “Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II”) + 共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん) (kyōeiken, “a group of nations joining hands to prosper together”)

A slogan promulgated during World War II by the Japanese government and military used as a means to rationalize rule over Asia.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいとーあきょーえーけん [dàítóóá kyóóéꜜèkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [8])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ito̞ːa̠ kʲo̞ːe̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん) • (Daitōa Kyōeiken) 

  1. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.