Chinese

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breast; receive punish; discipline
trad. (膺懲)
simp. (膺惩)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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膺懲

  1. (literary) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よう
Hyōgai
ちょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
膺懲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(よう)(ちょう) (yōchō

  1. chastisement, penalty, punishment

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Verb

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(よう)(ちょう)する (yōchō surutransitive suru (stem (よう)(ちょう) (yōchō shi), past (よう)(ちょう)した (yōchō shita))

  1. chastise, punish
    暴支(ぼうし)膺懲(ようちょう)
    bōshi yōchō
    Punish China the outrageous
    (This phrase was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945.)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN