北進論

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	進	論
ほく Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3	ろん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 北(ほく)進(しん) (hokushin, “advancement northward”) + 論(ろん) (-ron, “theory”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほくし​んろん [hòkúshíꜜǹròǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ᵝɕĩnɾõ̞ɴ]

Noun

北(ほく)進(しん)論(ろん) • (hokushinron) 

1. (history) Hokushin-ron, Imperial Japan's pre-WWII-era policy of northern expansionism towards Manchuria and Siberia

See also

• 南(なん)進(しん)政(せい)策(さく) (nanshin seisaku)
• 南(なん)進(しん)論(ろん) (nanshinron)