Jisho

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Noun
1. revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbariansHistorical term, Yojijukugo (four character compound), Bakumatsu-period slogan
Wikipedia definition
2. Sonnō jōiSonnō jōi is a Japanese political philosophy and a social movement derived from Neo-Confucianism; it became a political slogan in the 1850s and 1860s in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu, during the Bakumatsu ("End of Bakufu") period.
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Read “尊王攘夷” on Japanese Wikipedia
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Other forms
尊王攘夷 【そんのうじょうい】

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