征せい韓かん論ろん

noun

Seikanron; 1873 debate on invading Korea

Historical term referring to the 1873 political debate in Japan over whether to conquer Korea by force. Used in discussions of Meiji-era politics.

• 征せい韓かん論ろんは明めい治じ初しょ期きの外がい交こう政せい策さくをめぐる重じゅう要ような論ろん争そうだった。

  The Seikanron was an important debate over foreign policy in the early Meiji period.