しょうみょう

See also: じょうみょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうみょう – see the following entries.

【小名】 [noun] (historical) During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a samurai with a smaller landholding than a daimyo. [noun] (historical) In the Edo period, a feudal lord whose land was worth less than 10,000 koku

【姓名】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) full name (of a person)

【声明】 [noun] (Buddhism) a type of liturgical chant

(This term, しょうみょう (shōmyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 正命, 称名, 勝妙, 紹明.)