倭わ寇こう

noun

wokou; Japanese pirates (13th–16th c.)

Historical term originally used in China and Korea for Japanese pirates who raided the coasts during the 13th to 16th centuries.

• 倭わ寇こうは14世せい紀きに朝ちょう鮮せん半はん島とう沿えん岸がんを襲おそった。

  The wokou raided the coasts of the Korean Peninsula in the 14th century.

• 明みん王おう朝ちょうは倭わ寇こうの取とり締しまりに苦く慮りょした。

  The Ming Dynasty struggled to suppress the wokou.