GHQ/SCAP

English

Etymology

Compound of GHQ +‎ SCAP

Proper noun

GHQ/SCAP

1. Initialism of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.

Japanese

GHQ/SCAP(ジーエイチキュー スキャップ)として使（つか）われていた第一生命（だいいちせいめい）ビル（１９５０（せんきゅうひゃくごじゅう）年（ねん）頃（ごろ））

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The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building which served as SCAP headquarters, circa 1950

Etymology

Borrowed from English GHQ/SCAP.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiːe̞ːt͡ɕikʲɨː sɨkʲa̠p̚pɯ̟]

Proper noun

GHQ/SCAP(ジーエイチキュースキャップ) • (Jīeichikyū Sukyappu) 

1. (History of Japan) Abbreviation of "General Headquarters of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers".

   Synonyms: GHQ (ジーエイチキュー), GHQ (ジーエッチキュー)

   Synonyms: SCAP (スキャップ), SCAP (スキャプ)

   Synonyms: 連合国総司令部 (rengōkoku sōshirēbu), 連合国軍総司令部 (rengōkokugun sōshirēbu), 連合国最高司令官総司令部 (rengōkoku saikō shirēkan sōshirēbu)

Related terms

• 対(たい)日(にち)理(り)事(じ)会(かい) (tainichi rijikai, “w:Allied Council for Japan”)
• 極(きょく)東(とう)軍(ぐん)総(そう)司(し)令(れい)部(ぶ) (kyokutōgun sōshireibu)
• 琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)列(れっ)島(とう)米(べい)国(こく)軍(ぐん)政(せい)府(ふ) (ryūkyūrettō beikokugunseifu, “w:United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands, USMGR”)
  • 琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)列(れっ)島(とう)米(べい)国(こく)民(みん)政(せい)府(ふ) (ryūkyūrettō beikokuminseifu, “w:United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, USCAR”)
  • 琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)列(れっ)島(とう)高(こう)等(とう)弁(べん)務(む)官(かん) (ryūkyūrettō kōtōbenmukan, “w:High Commissioner of Ryukyu Islands”)

Further reading

• GHQ/SCAPと戦後の政治再建 : 占領計画や政策における日本保守主義者たち (NDLサーチ| 国立国会図書館) (in Japanese)
• Records of General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, GHQ/SCAP (日本占領関係資料 (憲政資料室) 国立国会図書館 (in Japanese)