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倭寇

倭寇

Chinese

		Japanese	bandit
simp. and trad. (倭寇)		倭	寇

Noun

倭寇

(historical) wokou, Japanese pirates that raided Japan's neighbouring countries in the Late Middle Ages

See also

流寇 (liúkòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	寇
わ Jinmeiyō	こう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 倭 ‎(wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 ‎(kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

Noun

倭寇 ‎(hiragana わこう, romaji wakō)

(historical) wokou, Japanese pirates that raided Japan's neighbouring countries in the Late Middle Ages.