Category: HistoryPart of speech: phraseDifficulty: Intermediate

戦後復興

/sengo fukkō/Roman

English meaning: Post-War Recovery

Japanese Definition

(日本語)

戦後復興とは、第二次世界大戦(1945年)での壊滅的敗戦後に日本が成し遂げた経済・社会の驚異的な再建を指す。アメリカの占領下で平和憲法・農地改革・輸出指向型工業化を採用し、1970年代までに世界第2位の経済大国「日本の経済奇跡」を実現した。

English Definition

The remarkable rebuilding of Japan's economy and society after its devastating defeat in World War II (1945). Under American occupation, Japan adopted a pacifist constitution, land reform, and export-oriented industrialization. By the 1970s, Japan had become the world's second-largest economy — the 'Japanese Economic Miracle.'

Example

日本の戦後復興は「経済奇跡」として世界史上最も劇的な成功例の一つです。

In English: Japan's post-war recovery, the 'economic miracle,' is one of the most dramatic success stories in world history.

Synonyms

  • 戦後経済発展
  • 高度経済成長

Literary Heritage

春はあけぼの。やうやう白くなりゆく山ぎは

/Haru wa akebono. Yōyō shiroku nari yuku yamagiwa/

In spring, it is the dawn. The mountain rim gradually turns white.

Sei Shonagon · Author and Lady-in-Waiting · 10th–11th century CE

Makura no Soshi (The Pillow Book)

Makura no Soshi, Section 1, circa 1002 CE

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