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大量破壊兵器 (tairyouhakaiheiki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器き

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Meanings

1

weapon of mass destruction; WMD

Formal term used in military, political, and news contexts. Often abbreviated as WMD in English-influenced Japanese texts.

国こく連れんは大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器きの拡かく散さんを防ふせぐための決けつ

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The UN adopted a resolution to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

その国くには大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器きを保ほ有ゆうしていると疑うたがわれている。

That country is suspected of possessing weapons of mass destruction.

Kanji

大large, big
量quantity, measure, weight
破rend, rip, tear
壊demolition, break, destroy
兵soldier, private, troops
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Related words

核かく兵へい器き
Nuclear weapons, a specific type of weapon of mass destruction.
生せい物ぶつ兵へい器き
Biological weapons, another category under weapons of mass destruction.
化か学がく兵へい器き
Chemical weapons, also classified as weapons of mass destruction.

Built from

大たい量りょう+

Etymology

Compound of 大量 (large quantity) + 破壊 (destruction) + 兵器 (weapons). A calque from English 'weapons of mass destruction'.

破は壊かい

+兵へい器き