八はっ紘こう一いち宇う

expression, noun

universal brotherhood; all the world under one roof

A yojijukugo originally meaning 'the whole world as one family', but strongly associated with WWII-era Japanese expansionist ideology. In modern contexts, it is often discussed historically or critically.

• 「八はっ紘こう一いち宇う」は戦せん時じ中ちゅうのスローガンとして使つかわれた。

  "Hakkou ichiu" was used as a slogan during the war.

• 八はっ紘こう一いち宇うは本ほん来らい、世せ界かい平へい和わの理り想そうを表あらわす言こと葉ばだった。

  八紘一宇 was originally a phrase expressing an ideal of world peace.