大東亜共栄圏

See also: 大東亞共榮圈

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 東 亜 共 栄 圏
だい
Grade: 1		 とう
Grade: 2		 あ
Grade: S		 きょう
Grade: 4		 えい
Grade: 4		 けん
Grade: S
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
大東亞共榮圈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 大(だい) (dai-, “big, large, greater”) + 東(とう)亜(あ) (Tōa, “East Asia”) + 共(きょう)栄(えい) (kyōei, “thriving together, co-prosperity”) + 圏(けん) (ken, “bounded area, sphere, region”).

A slogan promulgated during World War II by the Japanese government and military used as a means to rationalize rule over Asia.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だいとーあきょーえ​ーけん [dàítóóá kyóóéꜜèkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [8])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ito̞ːa̠ kʲo̞ːe̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん) • (Dai Tōa Kyōeiken) 

  1. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

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