南なん京きん虐ぎゃく殺さつ

noun

Nanking Massacre; Rape of Nanking

Historical term referring to the mass killing and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanking in 1937. Often referred to as 南京大虐殺 in Japanese.

See also: 南京大虐殺

• 南なん京きん虐ぎゃく殺さつは日にっ中ちゅう戦せん争そう中ちゅうの悲ひ劇げき的てきな出で来き事ごとである。

  The Nanking Massacre was a tragic event during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

• 歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうで南なん京きん虐ぎゃく殺さつについて学まなんだ。

  I learned about the Nanking Massacre in history class.