しょうなごん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうなごん – see the following entry.

【少納言】 [noun] (historical, politics) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”) [noun] (colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl

(This term, しょうなごん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)