Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
こく
Jinmeiyō
kan’on on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 皇國 – see the following entry.
皇国こうこく
[noun] (archaic or poetic) an empire; specificially, the Japanese empire.
(This term, 皇國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)