国体
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See also: 國體
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 国体 – see 國體 (“state system; national polity; national prestige; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 國體). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 国 | 体 |
| こく Grade: 2 |
たい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | goon |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 國體 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Noun
- the character of the nation
- Synonym: 国柄 (kunigara)
- national polity
- (politics, philosophy, chiefly historical) kokutai (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)
- 1925 April 22, 治安維持法:
- 第一條 國體ヲ變革シ又ハ私有財產制度ヲ否認スルコトヲ目的トシテ結社ヲ組織シ又ハ情ヲ知リテ之ニ加入シタル者ハ十年以下ノ懲役又ハ禁錮ニ處ス
- Dai-ichi-jō Kokutai o henkaku shi mata wa shiyū zaisan seido o hinin suru koto o mokuteki to shite kessha o soshiki shi mata wa jō o shirite kore ni kanyū shitaru mono wa jū-nen ika no chōeki mata wa kinko ni shosu
- Article 1: A person who has formed an association for the purpose of changing the national polity or denying the system of private property, and a person who has knowingly participated in it, shall be punished with imprisonment with or without work for no more than ten years.
- 第一條 國體ヲ變革シ又ハ私有財產制度ヲ否認スルコトヲ目的トシテ結社ヲ組織シ又ハ情ヲ知リテ之ニ加入シタル者ハ十年以下ノ懲役又ハ禁錮ニ處ス
- (sports) Clipping of 国民体育大会 (Kokumin Taiiku Taikai, “National Sports Festival of Japan”).
Usage notes
- (political philosophy) The term primarily saw use prior the end of the World War 2 in 1945, and is now chiefly used in historical contexts.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: kokutai
References
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN