玉音放送

ぎょくおんほうそう

Meanings

1. Noun radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945) See also: ポツダム宣言 (ポツダムせんげん).

Kanji

• 玉 ball. Read as ギョク.
• 音 sound. Read as オン.
• 放 release. Read as ホウ.
• 送 send. Read as ソウ.

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