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中国攻め (ちゅうごくぜめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

中ちゅう国ごく攻ぜめ

Meanings

1

noun

attack on the Chūgoku region (1577, by Oda Nobunaga)

event

Historical term referring to Oda Nobunaga's 1577 campaign against the Mōri clan in the Chūgoku region. Used in discussions of the Sengoku period.

中ちゅう国ごく攻ぜめは、織お田だ信のぶ長ながが毛もう利り氏しを討うつために行いった遠えん征せいである。
The Chūgoku campaign was an expedition undertaken by Oda Nobunaga to subdue the Mōri clan.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
国country
攻aggression, attack, criticize

Etymology

Compound of 中国 (Chūgoku, the region) and 攻め (attack, from 攻める). The term is specific to the historical event.