Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 大日本帝國 (“Empire of Japan”).
(This term is the simplified form of 大日本帝國).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ほん > ぽん
Grade: 1
てい
Grade: S
こく
Grade: 2
goon on'yomi kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spelling
大日本帝國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From 大日本(だいにっぽん) (dainippon, Japan, poetic) + 帝国(ていこく) (teikoku, empire).[1] Use of for a name of empire is a Chinese tradition since the Tang dynasty.

Proper noun

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(だい)(にっ)(ぽん)(てい)(こく) (Dainippon Teikoku

  1. Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890–1947)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN