東独

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 独
とう
Grade: 2 		どく
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
東獨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

東(とう)独(どく) • (Tōdoku) 

  1. (historical) Short for 東ドイツ (Higashi Doitsu): East Germany
    Antonym: 西独 (Seidoku)
    • 2014, 土谷英夫, 1971年 市場化とネット化の紀元, NTT出版, →ISBN, page 213:
      戦後(せんご)、米英仏占領地域(べいえいふつせんりょうちいき)だった西(にし)ベルリンは、社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)の東独(とうどく)（ソ連占領地区(れんせんりょうちく)）のなかにぽっかり空(あ)いた西側(にしがわ)の窓(まど)だった。
      Sengo, Beieifutsu senryō chiiki datta Nishi Berurin wa, shakai shugi no Tōdoku (Soren senryō chiku) no naka ni pokkari aita nishigawa no mado datta.
      West Berlin, which was occupied by the US, the UK, and France after the war, was the West's gaping window inside socialist East Germany (the Soviet occupation zone).
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