noun
National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
A historical Japanese law enacted in 1939 that allowed the government to conscript civilians for wartime labor.
国民徴用令は1939年に公布された。
The National Requisition Ordinance was promulgated in 1939.
国民徴用令によって多くの労働者が軍需工場に動員された。
Many workers were mobilized to munitions factories under the National Requisition Ordinance.
Compound of 国民 (kokumin, 'citizen') + 徴用 (chōyō, 'requisition') + 令 (rei, 'ordinance'). The term refers specifically to the 1939 Japanese law.