Hideki Tojo

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A Japanese army leader who was Prime Minister during World War II and was tried and executed for war crimes

proper noun
/hɪˈdeɪki ˈtoʊdʒoʊ/

: Hideki Tojo

Hideki Tojo was Japan's Prime Minister during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Examples

After World War II, Hideki Tojo was tried by an international tribunal and found guilty of war crimes.
During World War II, Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of Japan.
Hideki Tojo was Japan's Prime Minister during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Many historians debate the extent of Hideki Tojo's responsibility for Japan's wartime actions.
Many historians criticize Hideki Tojo for his role in the war.
After World War II, Hideki Tojo was tried by an international tribunal and found guilty of war crimes.
During World War II, Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of Japan.

Synonyms

Tojo

vsHideki Tojo

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Japanese army leader and Prime Minister during World War II who led Japan and was executed for war crimes

is the full personal name and order rather than the short family-name form

Tojo Hideki

vsHideki Tojo

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A Japanese prime minister and army leader in World War II who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack and was executed

is the same person but presented in given-name-first order

Surface Forms

Hideki Tojo main

Morphology

Hideki + Tojo

This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person, so its identity and historical role cannot be compositionally derived from the parts. A B1 learner who 'knows' the constituent tokens (one of which is not a lexical word) would still need factual/cultural knowledge to know he was Japan's wartime prime minister and war criminal, so the expression is not transparent.

Etymology

Hideki Tojo was a Japanese army leader who served as 'Prime Minister' during World War II; he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor and was later tried and executed as a 'war criminal', so his name is remembered for Japan's wartime actions.