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象徴天皇制 (しょうちょうてんのうせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

象しょう徴ちょう天皇てんのう制せい

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Meanings

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noun

symbolic emperor system

Refers to the post-war Japanese constitutional arrangement where the emperor is a symbol of the state and national unity, without political power.

日本にほん国こく憲けん法ぽうは象しょう徴ちょう天皇てんのう制せいを定さだめている。
The Constitution of Japan establishes the symbolic emperor system.
象しょう徴ちょう天皇てんのう制せいの下もとで、

天皇てんのう

は

国こく

政せい

に

関かん

する

権けん

能のう

を

有ゆう

し

ない

。

Under the symbolic emperor system, the emperor has no powers related to government.

Kanji

象elephant, pattern after, imitate
徴indications, sign, omen
天heavens, sky, imperial
皇emperor
制system, law, rule

Similar words

天皇てんのう
天皇 is the emperor himself, while 象徴天皇制 is the political system defining his role.
象しょう徴ちょう
象徴 means 'symbol' in general; 象徴天皇制 specifically applies this concept to the emperor's constitutional position.

Etymology

Compound of 象徴 (symbol) + 天皇 (emperor) + 制 (system). The term became common after the 1947 Constitution of Japan defined the emperor's role as 'the symbol of the State and of the unity of the People'.