黄禍

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 2

Grade: S
goon kan'on
Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
黃禍 (kyūjitai)
 黄禍 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Calque of English yellow peril.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こう)() or (おう)() (kōka or ōkaくわうくわ (kwaukwa) or わうくわ (waukwa)?

  1. yellow peril (as a phenomenon)
  2. (colloquial) inconvenience caused by train toilet waste

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 黄禍”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN