大日本帝国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大日本帝国 – see 大日本帝國 (“Empire of Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 大日本帝國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	日	本	帝	国
だい Grade: 1	にち > にっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1	てい Grade: S	こく Grade: 2
goon		on’yomi	kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大日本帝國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 大日本(だいにっぽん) (dainippon, “Japan”, poetic) + 帝国(ていこく) (teikoku, “empire”). Use of 大 for a name of empire is a Chinese tradition since the Tang dynasty.

Proper noun

大(だい)日(にっ)本(ぽん)帝(てい)国(こく) • (Dainippon Teikoku) 

1. Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890–1947)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 大日本帝國／大日本帝国 (Dà Rìběn Dìguó)
• → Korean: 대일본제국(大日本帝國) (daeilbonjeguk)
• → Vietnamese: 大日本帝國 (Đại Nhật Bản Đế quốc)