支那通

Chinese

		China	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
simp. and trad. (支那通)		支那	通

支那通

(obsolete, often derogatory) China expert or sinologue (term formerly used by the Japanese)

支那 (Shina) +‎ 通 (-tsū).

支那通 (hiragana しなつう, rōmaji Shina-tsū)

(obsolete) China expert or sinologue; China hand
- 2004, 坂西利八郎 (Rihachirō Banzai) in 20世紀日本人名事典. Nichigai Associates, Inc.
  支 (し)那 (な)通 (つう)として青 (あお)木 (き)宣純 (のぶずみ)の後 (こう)継 (けい)者 (しゃ)となり、中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)併 (へい)呑 (どん)論 (ろん)を主 (しゅ)張 (ちょう)した。
  Shina-tsū to shite Aoki Nobuzumi no kōkeisha to nari, Chūgoku heidon-ron o shuchō shita.
  As a China hand he was a successor of Nobuzumi Aoki and espoused the idea of annexation of China.

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