| 姓 | せい | 1: surname; family name; 2: hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) |
| 姓 | そう | surname; family name |
| 姓 | かばね | 1: hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); 2: clan |
| 姓 | しょう | surname; family name |
| 異姓 | いせい | different surname; different family name |
| 四姓 | しせい | 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) |
| 他姓 | たせい | another surname |
| 同姓 | どうせい | same surname |
| 改姓 | かいせい | changing one's family name |
| 外姓 | がいせい | mothers family name |
| 下姓 | げしょう | person of humble birth |
| 元姓 | げんせい | former surname; original surname |
| 小姓 | こしょう | (noble's) page |
| 種姓 | すじょう | birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history |
| 素姓 | すじょう | birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history |
| 俗姓 | ぞくせい | (a priest's) secular surname |
| 八姓 | はっせい | eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) |
| 本姓 | ほんせい | real or original name |
| 旧姓 | きゅうせい | one's former (maiden) name |
| 百姓 | ひゃくせい | the common people |
| 四種姓 | ししゅせい | varna (each of India's four castes) |
| 百姓 | ひゃくしょう | 1: farmer; peasant; country bumpkin; 2: farming; 3: the common people |
| 百姓 | おおみたから | imperial subjects; the people |
| 氏素姓 | うじすじょう | (a person's) family background; lineage |
| 方向姓 | ほうこうせい | 1: trend; course of action; direction; 2: 3: directionality; directivity; orientation; directional; vectorial |
| 小百姓 | こびゃくしょう | peasant; small farmer |
| 中小姓 | ちゅうごしょう | low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period) |
| 土百姓 | どびゃくしょう | (pejorative term for a) dirt-poor farmer |
| 八色姓 | やくさのかばね | eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) |
| 夫婦別姓 | ふうふべっせい | (system of) husband and wife retaining separate family names |
| 八色の姓 | やくさのかばね | eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) |
| 八色姓 | はっしきのかばね | eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) |
| 八色の姓 | はっしきのかばね | eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) |
| 被官百姓 | ひかんびゃくしょう | serf |
| 水呑み百姓 | みずのみびゃくしょう | poor peasant or farmer |
| 水飲み百姓 | みずのみびゃくしょう | poor peasant or farmer |
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