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鉄のカーテン

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵のカーテン (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Partial calque of English iron curtain.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) つのカーテン [tètsú nó káꜜàtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [te̞t͡sɨ no̞ ka̠ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

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(てつ)カーテン (Tetsu no Kāten

  1. Iron Curtain
    • 1948, 宮本百合子, 平和への荷役[1], 青空文庫:
      [] (いか)りの()(どう)」「(しん)(じゅ)」などの(さく)(ひん)()(かい)(てき)なアメリカの(さっ)()スタインベックは(さい)(きん)ソヴェトを(ほう)(もん)して「(てつ)のカーテン」の(かな)()(あたたか)()をもって(きん)(ろう)(けん)(せつ)(わら)(かな)しんでいる(おな)(にん)(げん)(せい)(かつ)していることを(はっ)(ぴょう)した。
      [] “Ikari no Budō” “Shinju” nado no sakuhin de sekaiteki na Amerika no sakka Sutainbekku wa saikin Soveto o hōmon shite “Tetsu no Kāten” no kanata ni atatakai chi o motte kinrō shi kensetsu shi warai kanashinde iru onaji ningen no seikatsu shite iru koto o happyō shita.
      [] Steinbeck, an American novelist world-renowned for such works as The Grapes of Wrath and The Pearl, recently visited the Soviet Union and made it known that on the other side of the Iron Curtain are fellow warm-blooded people living and working and building and laughing and grieving.

Noun

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(てつ)カーテン (tetsu no kāten

  1. iron curtain (a barrier that greatly hinders interaction or exchange)

See also

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