Word details
玉音放送
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 玉音放送.
Dictionary
Entry
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Historical term
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
玉
jewel, ball
5 strokesFrequency 737JLPT N2Grade 1
On
ギョク
Kun
たまたま--だま
Nanori
おうだん
音
sound, noise
9 strokesFrequency 491JLPT N3Grade 1
On
オンイン-ノン
Kun
おとね
Nanori
おと
放
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
8 strokesFrequency 288JLPT N2Grade 3
On
ホウ
Kun
はな.す-っぱな.しはな.つはな.れるこ.くほう.る
Nanori
はなれ
送
escort, send
8 strokesFrequency 311JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ソウ
Kun
おく.る
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