Word Meaning 攘夷

じょうい joui

攘夷 is read as じょうい (joui) and means expulsion of foreigners.

Meaning

English

  1. expulsion of foreigners

Reading

Kana

じょうい

Romaji

joui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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攘夷論

じょういろん

principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

尊王攘夷

そんのうじょうい

revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

勤王攘夷

きんのうじょうい

loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners

蝦夷

えぞ

Yezo

えびす

brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)