なごん

Japanese

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

【納言】 [noun] (politics, historical) an umbrella term for 大納言 (dainagon), 中納言 (chūnagon) and 少納言 (shōnagon) [noun] (politics, historical) in the early Meiji period, a short-lived government position acting on behalf of the 太政大臣 (dajō-daijin) while its holder is in absentia

(This term, なごん (nagon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)