黄禍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
おう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
こう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
黃禍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of English yellow peril.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーか [kóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːka̠]

Noun

黄(こう)禍(か) or 黄(おう)禍(か) • (kōka or ōka) ^{←くわうくわ (kwaukwa) or わうくわ (waukwa)?}

1. yellow peril (as a phenomenon)
2. (colloquial) inconvenience caused by train toilet waste

Derived terms

• 黄禍(こうか)論(ろん) (kōkaron) / 黄禍(おうか)論(ろん) (ōkaron)