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Japanese symbol for “daesh”

Romaji: daaishu
Daesh; IS; Islamic State; ISIL

In Japanese, daesh is (daaishu).

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Meanings

  1. n Daesh; IS; Islamic State; ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Other Japanese words for “daesh”

WordReadingMeaning
アイ・エス ai・esuIslamic State; IS; Daesh

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.