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少納言

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
ごん
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'yōon goon
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From (shō, junior, lower) +‎ 納言 (nagon, counselor, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)()(ごん) (shōnagonせうなごん (seunagon)?

  1. (historical, politics) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, Great Council of State)
    • c. 974, Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha, Kagerō Nikki (part one)
      ...(せう)()(ごん)のとしへて()(しな)になりぬれば...
      ...shōnagon no toshi hete shi no shina ni narinureba...
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl
    Synonym: 文学少女 (bungaku shōjo)
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
すくな(い) > すな(い)
Grade: 2
ものもうすつかさ
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
kun'yomi jukujikun

From (sunai-, junior, lower) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, counselor).

Noun

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(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (sunai monomōsu-tsukasaすないものまうすつかさ (sunai monomausu-tukasa)?

  1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, Great Council of State)
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
すくな(い) > すな(い)
Grade: 2
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
kun'yomi irregular

From (sunai-, junior, lower) +‎ 物申し (monomōshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 物申す (monomōsu), “to object, speak).

Noun

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少納言(すないものもうし) (sunai monomōshiすないものまうし (sunai monomausi)?

  1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, Great Council of State)
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5:
      少納言 軄員令云:少納言[須奈伊毛乃萬之
      Lesser counselor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the lesser counselor, [read as] sunai monomōshi

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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