泰たい西せい

noun

the Occident; the West

Archaic literary term for Western countries, especially Europe and America, used in Meiji and Taishō era texts. In modern Japanese, 西洋 or 欧米 are standard.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいの書しょ物もつには「泰たい西せい」という言こと葉ばがよく出でてくる。

  The word 'taisei' often appears in books from the Meiji period.