noun
big-ship, big-gun doctrine
Historical naval strategy emphasizing large battleships with heavy guns, especially associated with pre-WWII Japanese naval thinking.
大艦巨砲主義は、戦艦大和の建造に象徴される考え方だ。
The big-ship, big-gun doctrine is a concept symbolized by the construction of the battleship Yamato.
戦艦 is a battleship, while 大艦巨砲主義 is the strategic doctrine that prioritized such ships.
Compound of 大艦 (large warship), 巨砲 (huge gun), and 主義 (doctrine). The term emerged in early 20th-century naval discourse.