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, 大日本帝国, is the simplified form of 大日本帝國.) |
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Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term | ||||
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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 |
on’yomi |
大 + 日本 + 帝国. Use of 大 for a name of empire is a Chinese tradition since the Tang dynasty.
Proper noun
大日本帝国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 大日本帝國, hiragana だいにっぽんていこく, rōmaji Dainippon Teikoku)
- Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890-1947)
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