黄禍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
おう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
黄	禍
こう Grade: 2	か Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
黃禍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーか [kóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːka̠]

Noun

黄(こう)禍(か) or 黄(おう)禍(か) • (kōka or ōka) ^{←くわうくわ (kwaukwa) or わうくわ (waukwa)^?}

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

Derived terms

黄禍(こうか)論(ろん) (kōkaron) / 黄禍(おうか)論(ろん) (ōkaron)

References

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