水戸黄門

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 2
もん
Grade: 2
kun'yomi kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
水戶黃門 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 水戸 (Mito, a domain in present-day Ibaraki Prefecture) +‎ 黄門 (kōmon, a rank in equivalence to a “middle councillor” in medieval Japan).

Proper noun

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()()(こう)(もん) (Mito Kōmonみとくわうもん (Mito Kwaumon)?

  1. (historical) a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain

See also

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