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    3. 特高

    特高

    特とっ高こう

    Special Higher Police (1911-1945)

    KMT10News #42+1NounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab20 strokes

    とっこう

    Noun

    1.
    Special Higher Police (1911-1945), police unit controlling political thought and expression
    historical termabbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    戦せん前ぜん、特とっ高こうが存そん在ざいした。

    Before the war, the Tokko (Special Higher Police) existed.

    KMT5HistoryPolitics & Law
    特とっ高こうは思し想そう犯はんを取とり締しまった。

    The Tokko cracked down on thought criminals.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    特とっ高こうは国こく民みんの言げん論ろんの自じ由ゆうを厳きびしく制せい限げんした。

    The Tokko severely restricted the freedom of speech of the citizens.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    特とっ高こうは日に本ほんの戦せん時じ体たい制せいを支ささえる重じゅう要ような機き関かんだった。

    The Tokko was an important institution supporting Japan's wartime system.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & LawMilitary
    特とっ高こうによる弾だん圧あつは、多おおくの知ち識しき人じんや芸げい術じゅつ家かにも及およんだ。

    The suppression by the Tokko extended to many intellectuals and artists.

    KMT10Politics & LawHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    特
    special
    高
    たか.い・たか・-だか・たか.まる・たか.める…(6)
    tall・high・expensive
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