はっこういちう

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For pronunciation and definitions of はっこういちう – see the following entry.
八紘一宇
[noun] unifying and controlling the whole world as a single house
[noun] during World War II, used as a nationalistic slogan to rationalize overseas expansion
(This term, はっこういちう (hakkōichiu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)