国体

See also: 國體

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 国体 – see 國體 (“state system; national polity; national prestige”). (This term is the simplified form of 國體).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

国体

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kokutai

Wikipedia

Alternative spelling
國體 (kyūjitai)

国(こく)体(たい) • (kokutai)

the character of the nation
Synonym: 国柄 (kunigara)
national polity
1. (especially in pre-WWII Japan) the state of the nation with the Emperor as its ethical, spiritual, and political center
  - 1925 April 22, 治安維持法 [Peace Preservation Law]‎^[1]:
    
    第(ダイ)一(イチ)條(デウ)　國(コク)體(タイ)ヲ變(ヘン)革(カク)シ又(マタ)ハ私(シ)有(イウ)財(ザイ)產(サン)制(セイ)度(ド)ヲ否(ヒ)認(ニン)スルコトヲ目(モク)的(テキ)トシテ結(ケツ)社(シヤ)ヲ組(ソ)織(シキ)シ又(マタ)ハ情(ジヤウ)ヲ知(シ)リテ之(コレ)ニ加(カ)入(ニフ)シタル者(モノ)ハ十(ジフ)年(ネン)以(イ)下(カ)ノ懲(チヨウ)役(エキ)又(マタ)ハ禁(キン)錮(コ)ニ處(シヨ)ス
    Dai-ichi-jō Kokutai o henkaku shi mata wa shiyū zaisan seido o hinin suru koto o mokuteki to shite kessha o soshiki shi mata wa jō o shirite kore ni kanyū shitaru mono wa jū-nen ika no chōeki mata wa kinko ni shosu
    Article 1: A person who has formed an association for the purpose of changing the national polity or denying the system of private property, and a person who has knowingly participated in it, shall be punished with imprisonment with or without work for no more than ten years.
(sports) Clipping of 国民体育大会 (Kokumin Taiiku Taikai, “National Sports Festival of Japan”).

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