Where does “帝国陸海軍” come from?

帝国陸海軍 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大日本帝国, from Japanese 帝国 — empire.

帝国陸海軍 (Japanese): The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces, consisting of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy

Definitions

  1. The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces, consisting of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy

Ancestry of “帝国陸海軍”, step by step

帝国陸海軍 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大日本帝国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大日本帝国Empire of Japan
2Japanese帝国empire

via Japanese 海軍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海軍navy

via Japanese 陸軍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese陸軍army
Every word from Japanese 帝国Every word from Japanese 大日本帝国
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