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Noun: Hirohito  ,heer-ow'hee-tow
  1. Emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)
    - Michinomiya Hirohito

Type of: emperor

Encyclopedia: Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa