hermit kingdomとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

the Hermit Kingdom

1. (colloquial or poetic) North Korea.
   • 2014 September 30, Clint Richards, “Why Isn’t North Korea Angry About Its Isolation?”, in The Diplomat‎, archived from the original on 6 November 2024:

     Few international observers credit the Hermit Kingdom with behaving in a rational manner, yet its current behavior appears to be drifting out of its usual, if slightly illogical, pattern of threatening its neighbors when it finds itself isolated.

   • 2022 May 10, Catherine Swift, “Lessons from North Korea”, in The Niagara Independent‎, archived from the original on 12 October 2024:

     Her name is Yeonmi Park, and she escaped from the “Hermit Kingdom” of North Korea at the age of 13.

   • 2023 April 8, “Stay Away: Why US, Japan, South Korea want the world to strictly ban North Korean workers”, in Firstpost‎, archived from the original on 2 May 2023:

     The ministry pointed out that the envoys brought focus on North Korean workers as the Hermit Kingdom is expected to further reopen its international borders as the COVID-19 situation improves globally.

2. (historical) Synonym of Tibet (“a former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its annexation by China in 1951.”)