だいじん

See also: だいしん, たいしん, and たいじん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だいじん – see the following entries.

【大臣】 [noun] (politics) a government minister of Japan or ancient China [noun] (politics, historical) a senior minister or superior in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”), namely the 太政大臣 (daijō-daijin), 左大臣 (sadaijin), 右大臣 (udaijin), and 内大臣 (naidaijin)

【大尽】 [noun] rich person

(This term, だいじん (daijin), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)