国体

See also: 國體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国体 – see 國體 (“state system; national polity; national prestige; etc.”). (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

Kanji in this term
国	体
こく Grade: 2	たい Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
國體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくたい [kòkútáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ta̠i]

Noun

国(こく)体(たい) • (kokutai) 

1. the character of the nation

   Synonym: 国柄 (kunigara)

2. national polity
3. (politics, philosophy, chiefly historical) kokutai (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)
   • 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.

4. (sports) Clipping of 国民体育大会 (Kokumin Taiiku Taikai, “National Sports Festival of Japan”).

Usage notes

• (political philosophy) The term primarily saw use prior the end of the World War 2 in 1945, and is now chiefly used in historical contexts.

Derived terms

• 国(こく)体(たい)護(ご)持(じ) (kokutai goji)
• 国(こく)体(たい)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (kokutai shugi)
• 国(こく)体(たい)論(ろん) (kokutairon)

Descendants

• → English: kokutai