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黄禍論
こうかろん
1. [n]
▶ Yellow Peril (argument)
▶ [expl] theory that East Asians are a danger to the Western world
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1181810 黄禍 1. Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)



History:
5. A 2018-12-08 11:10:06  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, daij, etc.
  Comments:
こうか in all the refs.
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>おうかろん</reb>
+<reb>こうかろん</reb>
4. A 2018-12-08 05:54:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Looks good. The term was used during the Vietnam war, mainly in arguments that it was a 
surrogate for a Chinese takeover.
3. A* 2018-12-07 23:50:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think "argument" works OK.
The expl gloss shouldn't be in the past tense, should it? We could add something like "19th and early 20th century theory ..." instead.
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>(idea of) yellow peril</gloss>
-<gloss>theory that East Asians were a danger to the Western world</gloss>
+<gloss>Yellow Peril (argument)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">theory that East Asians are a danger to the Western world</gloss>
2. A* 2018-12-03 11:01:18  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij nipp brit wiki
  Comments:
tried to add something to represent "論" at the end, not sure if necessary.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>yellow peril</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1181810">黄禍</xref>
+<gloss>(idea of) yellow peril</gloss>
+<gloss>theory that East Asians were a danger to the Western world</gloss>
1. A* 2018-12-03 10:12:32  huixing
  Refs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/黄禍論-61642

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