こくなん

[国難] national crisis

【C】国の危機.

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こくなん【国難】

national crisis

〖C〗国の危機.

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こくなん【国難】

peril [affliction, a crisis] for the nation; the (national) afflictions [troubles] 《of 1274》.

●未曾有の国難 an unprecedented crisis [peril] for the nation.

●国難に殉ずる fall as a martyr in a national crisis; die for one's country at a time of peril for the nation

・国難に当たる respond to one's country's call at a time of national peril

・国難に際会する 〈国･人が主語〉 experience [go through] a (period of) national crisis; 〈国が主語〉 encounter a national crisis; be faced with perilous times; 〈人が主語〉 happen to be present at a time of national peril; become involved in a national crisis.

●国難の時期 a time [a period, times] of crisis [peril] for the nation; a time of national crisis [peril]; perilous times for the nation.

●国難を救う save the nation in a great crisis [its darkest hour]; deliver the [one's] country from great peril

・国難を乗り切る survive a national crisis [threat to the nation]; come through a period of crisis [peril] for the nation.