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The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, historical, uncountable
Topics: government, human-sciences, philosophy, politics, sciences
Examples
- In response to the international communist movement, the Peace Preservation Law was enacted to criminalize attempts to change the Japanese kokutai.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The ideology centered on the principle of kokutai.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, historical, uncountable
Topics: government, human-sciences, philosophy, politics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kokutai-ism, kokutairon
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally “national character”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
國體 /国体
(gwok3 tai2)
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Chinese Mandarin:
國體 /国体
(guótǐ)
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Finnish:
kokutai
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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French:
kokutai
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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German:
Kokutai
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Japanese:
国体
(kokutai)
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Korean:
국체
(gukche)
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Polish:
kokutai
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Russian:
кокута́й
(kokutáj)
— national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor
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Chinese Cantonese:
國體論 /国体论
— ideology
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Chinese Mandarin:
國體論 /国体论
(guótǐlùn)
— ideology
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Finnish:
kokutai
— ideology
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German:
Kokutai
— ideology
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Japanese:
国体論
(kokutairon)
— ideology
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Korean:
국체론
(gukcheron)
— ideology
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Polish:
ideologia kokutai
— ideology
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Russian:
кокута́й
(kokutáj)
— ideology
