Definition of 参勤交代 (さんきんこうたい)
さんきんこうたい
参勤交代
さんきんこうたい
sankinkoutai
noun
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daimyo's alternating Edo residence, official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)
Other readings:
参覲交代【さんきんこうたい】[1]
、参勤交替【さんきんこうたい】
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
Related Kanji
参 | nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in |
勤 | diligence, become employed, serve |
交 | mingle, mixing, association, coming & going |
代 | substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee |
覲 | see, have an audience with |
替 | exchange, spare, substitute, per- |