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風林火山

風林火山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2
りん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
さん > ざん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

風林火山 (hiragana ふうりんかざん, romaji fūrinkazan, historical hiragana ふうりんくわざん)

  1. (military) "wind-forest-fire-mountain", a military strategy that's based on the premise of being "as swift as wind, as silent as forest, as fierce as fire, as unshakable as mountain"