興亜奉公日

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
興 亜 奉 公 日
こう
Grade: 5 		あ
Grade: S 		ほう
Grade: S 		こう
Grade: 2 		ひ > び
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
興亞奉公日 (kyūjitai)
興(こう)亜(あ)奉(ほう)公(こう)日(び)・ぜいたくは敵(てき)だ！
Kōa-Hōkōbi zeitaku wa teki da!
Day of Public Duty for the Development of Asia; luxury is the enemy!

Etymology

From 興(こう)亜(あ) (kōa, “development of Asia”) + 奉(ほう)公(こう) (hōkō, “public duty”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

興(こう)亜(あ)奉(ほう)公(こう)日(び) • (Kōa-Hōkōbi) 

  1. (historical) "Day of Public Duty for the Development of Asia": the first day of every month (1939–1942), when eating at restaurants was forbidden as part of the National Spiritual Mobilization Movement (国民精神総動員運動)

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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