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大納言

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
ごん
Grade: 2
goon kan'yōon goon
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From (dai-, big, great) +‎ 納言 (nagon, counselor, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

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Noun

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(だい)()(ごん) (dainagon

  1. (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)
  2. (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)
  3. (colloquial) Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar
  4. a type of 小紋 (komon, fine pattern)
    Synonym: 加島屋小紋 (Kashima komon)
  5. a detailed 鮫小紋 (samekomon, literally shark komon) once used solely by the Kishū-Tokugawa family
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
おおい
Grade: 1
ものもうすつかさ
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
kun'yomi jukujikun

Possibly from Old Japanese.

From 大い (ōi, senior, upper) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, counselor).

Noun

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(おおい)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (ōi monomōsu-tsukasaおほいものまうすつかさ (ofoimonomausutukasa)?
(alternative reading hiragana おおきものもうすつかさ, rōmaji ōki monomōsu-tsukasa, historical hiragana おほきものまうすつかさ)

  1. (politics, historical, archaic) a chief counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, Great Council of State, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5:
      大納言 職員令云:大納言[於保伊毛乃萬宇須豆加佐
      Chief counselor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the chief counselor is [pronounced as] ōi monomōsu-tsukasa
  2. (politics, historical, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, Great Council of State, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)
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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN