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八紘一宇
はっこういちう
1. [exp,n] [yoji]
《WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination》
▶ universal brotherhood
▶ all eight corners of the world under one roof
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2797260 一宇【いちう】 1. one house; one roof



History:
5. A 2014-08-25 02:37:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
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+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
4. A 2013-08-24 22:53:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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+<pos>&exp;</pos>
3. A 2013-08-24 22:50:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2013-08-24 22:29:31  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
better, maybe
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-<s_inf>WWII political slogan that often seemed to imply Japanese world domination</s_inf>
+<s_inf>WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination</s_inf>
1. A* 2013-08-24 22:27:06  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakkō_ichiu
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encyclopedia of japan
 八紘一宇 / the whole world under one roof; literally, 《eight cords, one roof》 
Political slogan widely used by the Japanese government from 1940 to the end of World War II. The eight cords indicate the 《eight directions》 and thus symbolize the world... During Japan's 1941-45 conquest of 《Greater East Asia,》 the slogan hakkō ichiu seemed to imply Japanese control (ichiu) over the whole world (hakkō), rather than universal brotherhood or peace.
  Comments:
current glosses from gg5 certainly do not capture the militaristic nuance for which the phrase is now remembered
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+<s_inf>WWII political slogan that often seemed to imply Japanese world domination</s_inf>

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