日にっ支し

noun

Japan and China (historical)

Historical term used primarily before and during WWII. Often appears in compounds like 日支事変 (the Japan-China Incident). The reading にっし is specific to this compound; 日 is read にっ due to assimilation.

See also: 日支事変

• 日にっ支し事じ変へんは1937年ねんに始はじまった。

  The Japan-China Incident began in 1937.

• 戦せん前ぜんの新しん聞ぶんには「日にっ支し」という表ひょう記きがよく見みられる。

  The notation '日支' is often seen in pre-war newspapers.