kokutai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally “national character”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊkuːˈtaɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊkuˈtaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

kokutai (uncountable) (politics, philosophy, chiefly historical)

2. The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center.
4. The ideology centered on the principle of kokutai.

   Synonyms: kokutai-ism, kokutairon

Usage notes

• The term is chiefly used in the context of Japanese nationalism from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the end of World War 2 in 1945, when the concept of kokutai dominated Japanese political discourse.

Derived terms

• kokutai-ism

Related terms

• kokutairon

Translations

national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 國體／国体 (gwok³ tai²)

  Mandarin: 國體／国体 (zh) (guótǐ)

• Finnish: kokutai
• French: kokutai m
• German: Kokutai n
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• Japanese: 国体 (ja) (kokutai)
• Korean: 국체(國體) (gukche)
• Polish: kokutai n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: кокута́й m (kokutáj)
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ideology

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 國體論／国体论

  Mandarin: 國體論／国体论

• Finnish: kokutai
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kokutai n
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 国体論 (kokutairon)
• Korean: 국체론(國體論) (gukcheron)
• Polish: ideologia kokutai f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: кокута́й m (kokutáj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Japanese

Romanization

kokutai

1. Rōmaji transcription of こくたい