Search Terms: *姓
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noun
1.
surname, family name
2.
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)(only relevant for せい)
See also:姓 (かばね)
Other readings:
姓【しょう】[1]
、姓【そう】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
farmer, peasant, country bumpkin(sensitive)
2.
farming
3.
the common people
See also:百姓 (ひゃくせい)
noun
1.
birth, lineage, parentage, origin
2.
identity, background, history, past
3.
provenance, origin
Other readings:
素性【そせい】
、素姓【すじょう】
、素姓【すぞう】[1]
、種姓【すじょう】
、種姓【しゅせい】
、種姓【しゅしょう】[1]
、素生【すじょう】
、素生【そせい】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
(a person's) family background, lineage
Other readings:
氏素姓【うじすじょう】
noun, no-adjective
•
imperial subjects, the people(archaism)
Other readings:
百姓【おおみたから】
、公民【おおみたから】
、人民【おおみたから】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
change of one's family name
noun
2.
changed family name
noun
1.
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
2.
clan(archaism)
noun
•
one's current family name, woman's family name after she married
See also:旧姓 (きゅうせい)
noun
1.
the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
2.
varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
See also:ヴァルナ
noun
•
low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
Other readings:
中小性【ちゅうごしょう】
noun
•
dirt-poor farmer(derogatory)
Other readings:
ど百姓【どびゃくしょう】
、ド百姓【ドびゃくしょう】
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
•
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)(archaism, obscure)
See also:八色の姓