だいなごん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だいなごん – see the following entry.

【大納言】 [noun] (politics, historical) a chief counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system) [noun] (politics, historical, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period) [noun] (colloquial) Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar [noun] a type of 小紋 (komon, “fine pattern”) [noun] a detailed 鮫小紋 (samekomon, literally “shark komon”) once used solely by the Kishū-Tokugawa family

(This term, だいなごん (dainagon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)