A級戦犯

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: 4
はん > ぱん
Grade: 5
kan’on
Alternative spelling
A級戰犯 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology[edit]

So named because such war criminals are charged against Paragraph (a) of Article 5 of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Charter, which punished crimes against peace and aggression.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [e̞ːkʲɨᵝː sẽ̞mpã̠ɴ]

Noun[edit]

A(エー)(きゅう)(せん)(ぱん) (ēkyū senpan

  1. (historical) one of the 12 German or 28 Japanese war criminals prosecuted for crimes against peace and aggression in the Nuremberg trials or Tokyo trial