Empire of Japan

English

Proper noun

Empire of Japan

1. (historical) Japan from the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1890) until the enactment of the post-WWII Constitution of Japan (1947). Unofficially used for Japan from the end of the shogunate (1868) to the end of the World War II (1945).

   Synonyms: Dai-Nippon, Empire of Greater Japan, Great Japanese Empire, Greater Japan, Greater Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, Japanese Empire

Related terms

• State of Japan (1947-)

Translations

nation-state

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大日本帝國／大日本帝国 (zh) (Dà Rìběn Dìguó)

• Finnish: Japanin keisarikunta
• French: Empire du Japon (fr) m
• German: Japanisches Kaiserreich n
• Japanese: 大日本帝国 (ja) (だいにっぽんていこく, Dai-Nippon Teikoku, だいにほんていこく, Dai-Nihon Teikoku)
• Korean: 대일본제국 (Daeilbonjeguk), 일본 제국 (Ilbon jeguk)
• Lithuanian: Japonijos imperija f
• Marathi: जपानचे साम्राज्य n (japānce sāmrājya)
• Portuguese: Império do Japão m
• Russian: Япо́нская импе́рия f (Japónskaja impérija)
• Spanish: Imperio del Japón m
• Vietnamese: Đế quốc Nhật Bản