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旗印 (hatajirushi) Japanese meaning: banner emblem | Kotomora

旗はた印じるし

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

banner emblem; flag insignia; design on a banner

Refers to the actual symbol, crest, or design displayed on a flag or banner, often in historical or military contexts.

戦せん国ごく武ぶ将しょうはそれぞれ独どく自じの旗はた印じるしを掲かかげていた。

Each Sengoku warlord displayed their own banner emblem.

この旗はた印じるしは家か紋もんを元もとにデザインされた。

This flag insignia was designed based on the family crest.

2

slogan; cause; banner (figurative)

Figurative use: a guiding principle, slogan, or cause that a group rallies behind, like a political or social banner.

彼かれらは「改かい革かく」を旗はた印じるしに掲かかげて選せん挙きょに臨のぞんだ。
They went into the election under the banner of 'reform'.
環かん境きょう保ほ護ごを旗はた印じるしとする団だん体たいが増ふえている。
More and more organizations are adopting environmental protection as their cause.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を旗はた印じるしにするto make X one's banner/cause
その政せい党とうは改かい革かくを旗はた印じるしにしている。
That political party has made reform its banner cause.
〈事こと〉を旗はた印じるしとして掲かかげるto hold up X as a rallying cause
彼かれらは平へい和わを旗はた印じるしとして掲かかげて活かつ動どうしている。
They are active with peace held up as their rallying cause.
旗はた印じるしの下もとに集あつまるto gather under a common banner/cause
人ひと々びとは自じ由ゆうという旗はた印じるしの下もとに集あつまった。
People gathered under the banner of freedom.
旗はた印じるしを掲かかげるto raise/display a banner emblem
武ぶ将しょうは自みずからの旗はた印じるしを高たか々だかと掲かかげた。
The general proudly raised his own banner emblem.

Kanji

旗flag, banner, standard
印stamp, seal, mark
標signpost, seal, mark

Related words

旗はたN3sense 1
旗印 refers specifically to the emblem or design displayed on a 旗 (flag/banner), while 旗 is the general word for the flag itself.
スローガン sense 2
スローガン is a modern loanword for a catchy slogan, often used in advertising, while 旗印 carries a more traditional, rallying-cause connotation.
標ひょう語ごN1sense 2
標語 is a concise motto or slogan officially adopted by an organization, whereas 旗印 emphasizes a symbolic cause people rally behind.
大たい義ぎ sense 2
大義 stresses a lofty moral cause or justification, while 旗印 focuses on the symbolic banner or slogan representing that cause.
象しょう徴ちょうN1sense 1
象徴 is the general word for any symbol representing an idea, while 旗印 specifically denotes the emblem on a banner or a cause used as a rallying symbol.

Built from

旗はた+印しるし

Written forms

旗はた印じるしUsage94%
Standard kanji form; high frequency in news and common usage.
旗はたじるしUsage6%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in less formal contexts.
旗はた標じるし
Alternate kanji form, rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 旗 (hata, 'flag') and 印 (shirushi, 'mark, symbol'). The reading はたじるし is a straightforward combination of the two kun'yomi readings.