noun
the eight directions; the whole land; the whole world
Classical Chinese-derived term for the entire world or all directions under heaven. Rare in modern everyday speech; mainly encountered in historical, literary, or ideological contexts, such as the wartime slogan 八紘一宇.
「八紘一宇」は戦時中のスローガンとして知られている。
Hakkō ichiu is known as a wartime slogan.
古い文献では、八
In old texts, hakkō was used as a word meaning the whole realm or the entire world.