黄禍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
おう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
こう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
黃禍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of English yellow peril.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーか [kóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːka̠]

Noun

黄(こう)禍(か) or 黄(おう)禍(か) • (kōka or ōka) ^{←くわうくわ (kwaukwa) or わうくわ (waukwa)^?}

yellow peril (as a phenomenon)
(colloquial) inconvenience caused by train toilet waste

Derived terms

黄禍(こうか)論(ろん) (kōkaron) / 黄禍(おうか)論(ろん) (ōkaron)

References

“黄禍”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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