- こくい
- [国威] ¶→国威を発揚する国威
national prestige* * *こくい【国威】¶ → 国威を発揚する* * *Iこくい【国威】national prestige [dignity, honor, authority].●国威にかかわる問題 a point of national honor; a matter of national prestige.
●国威を発揚する increase [enhance, heighten] national prestige; expand 《Japanese》 influence
・国威を傷つける compromise [impair, affect] national prestige
II・国威を海外に伸張する make the power of one's country felt abroad; extend 《American》 authority [influence] abroad.
こくい【黒衣】black clothes; black dress; 《in》 black.●黒衣の人 a person in black
・黒衣のミサ a black mass.
●黒衣をまとう wear black (clothes); be dressed [《文》 clad] in black.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.