しょうなごんきょく

Japanese

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

【少納言局】 [proper noun] (government, historical) one of the 三局 (Sankyoku, “three offices”) in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan), so named because clerical work there were done by the shōnagon and subordinate secretaries

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