"創氏改名" meaning in Japanese

See 創氏改名 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 創氏改名 [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (), (かい), (めい)), Sōshi kaimei [romanization], Sausi kaimei [romanization], さうしかいめい [hiragana, historical]
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  1. (historical) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945. Wikipedia link: Sōshi-kaimei, ja:創氏改名 Tags: historical
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Download raw JSONL data for 創氏改名 meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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