だいじょうだいじん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だいじょうだいじん – see the following entry.

【太政大臣】 [noun] (politics, historical) the head of the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system), equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm” [noun] (politics, historical, colloquial) Synonym of 太政大臣 (dajō-daijin, “the head of the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”) during the Meiji period”)

(This term, だいじょうだいじん (daijōdaijin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)