一億総懺悔いちおくそうざんげ

noun

national confession of Japanese war guilt (1945)

Historical term referring to the idea promoted in post-WWII Japan that the entire nation should repent for the war. Often associated with the early postwar period and debates about collective responsibility.

• 戦せん後ごすぐ、「一いち億おく総そう懺ざん悔げ」という言こと葉ばが広ひろまった。

  Right after the war, the phrase 'national confession of Japanese war guilt' spread.

• 一いち億おく総そう懺ざん悔げの考かんがえ方かたは、国こく民みん全ぜん体たいが戦せん争そう責せき任にんを負おうべきだという主しゅ張ちょうだった。

  The idea of 'national confession of Japanese war guilt' was the assertion that the entire nation should bear responsibility for the war.