忠ちゅう君くん愛あい国こく

noun

loyalty to one's sovereign and love of country

A yojijukugo expressing the traditional Confucian-influenced ideal of devotion to the monarch and patriotism. Often associated with pre-war Japanese ideology.

• 忠ちゅう君くん愛あい国こくは、戦せん前ぜんの教きょう育いくで重じゅう視しされた価か値ち観かんの一ひとつだ。

  Loyalty to the sovereign and patriotism was one of the values emphasized in pre-war education.

• 彼かれの演えん説ぜつには忠ちゅう君くん愛あい国こくの精せい神しんが溢あふれていた。

  His speech was filled with the spirit of loyalty and patriotism.