Word Meaning 玉音盤

ぎょくおんばん gyokuomban

玉音盤 is read as ぎょくおんばん (gyokuomban) and means recording disc (of the Imperial surrender message).

Meaning

English

recording disc (of the Imperial surrender message)

Reading

Kana

ぎょくおんばん

Romaji

gyokuomban

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 94542 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

音盤

おんばん

phonograph record

録音盤

ろくおんばん

record

玉音

ぎょくいん

the Emperor's voice

玉音放送

ぎょくおんほうそう

radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)

算盤玉

そろばんだま

abacus bead

玉砕

ぎょくさい

trying but being utterly beaten

玉露

ぎょくろ

high-quality green tea

玉整理

ぎょくせいり

liquidation of speculative accounts

玉結び

たまむすび

thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)

玉型弁

たまがたべん

globe valve

玉押金亀子

たまおしこがね

dung beetle

玉砕主義

ぎょくさいしゅぎ

the principle of honorable death and no surrender