風林火山
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||
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風 | 林 | 火 | 山 |
ふう Grade: 2 |
りん Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 1 |
さん > ざん Grade: 1 |
goon | on'yomi | kan'on |
Etymology
editA contraction of the slogan on daimyō Takeda Shingen's army banner, 「疾如風、徐如林、侵掠如火、不動如山」, originally from Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit風林火山 • (fūrinkazan) ←ふうりんくわざん (fuurinkwazan)?
- (military) "wind-forest-fire-mountain", a military strategy that's based on the premise of being "as swift as the wind, as silent as the forest, as fierce as the fire, as firm as the mountain"
See also
edit- 火山 (kazan)
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