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    3. 玉音放送

    玉音放送

    玉ぎょく音おん放ほう送そう

    radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    ぎょくおんほうそう

    Noun

    1.
    radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 31

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    玉
    たま・たま-・-だま…(3)
    jewel・ball
    音
    おと・ね…(5)
    sound・noise
    放
    はな.す・-っぱな.し・はな.つ・はな.れる・こ.く・ほう.る…(2)
    set free・release・fire・shoot・emit…(2)
    送
    おく.る…(1)
    escort・send
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