Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bakumatsu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: baku-mat-su
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 幕末 (bakumatsu), literally "end of the curtain". The "curtain", 幕 (baku), is from Japanese 幕府 (bakufu), originally referring to a military encampment for a commander, and then extended to the Shogunate's government.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 幕末, 幕府

Questions

What does bakumatsu mean?: The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.
Where does bakumatsu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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