脱だつ亜あ入にゅう欧おう

expression

out of Asia and into Europe; leave Asia, join the West

Meiji-period slogan advocating that Japan modernize by breaking away from Asian traditions and aligning with Western powers. Used as a historical term.

• 脱だつ亜あ入にゅう欧おうは、明めい治じ時じ代だいの日本にほんが西せい洋よう化かを目め指ざしたスローガンだ。

  Datsu-A Nyū-Ō is a Meiji-era slogan calling for Japan to Westernize.

• 福ふく沢ざわ諭ゆ吉きちの「脱だつ亜あ論ろん」は、脱だつ亜あ入にゅう欧おうの考かんがえ方かたを示しめしている。

  Fukuzawa Yukichi's 'Datsu-A Ron' expresses the idea of leaving Asia and entering Europe.