勤きん王のう攘じょう夷い

noun

revere the emperor, expel the barbarians

A yojijukugo political slogan from the late Edo period advocating loyalty to the emperor and the expulsion of Western foreigners. Used in historical contexts.

• 幕ばく末まつの志し士したちは勤きん王のう攘じょう夷いを掲かかげて活かつ動どうした。

  The patriots of the late Edo period acted under the banner of 'revere the emperor, expel the barbarians.'

• 勤きん王のう攘じょう夷いの思し想そうは、やがて倒とう幕ばく運うん動どうへとつながっていった。

  The ideology of 'revere the emperor, expel the barbarians' eventually led to the movement to overthrow the shogunate.