Words — 53 found
ごてんじょちゅう
御殿女中
1. maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term
おくじょうろう
奥上臈
1. maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term, Rare term, See also 奥女中
おくじょちゅう
奥女中
1. maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term
ごぜんじあい
御前試合
1. contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the EmperorHistorical term
2. match attended by the team's owner
1. monarchHonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
2. shogun (of the Tokugawa government)Historical term, used during the Edo period in communications with other countries
けんざんや
献残屋
1. person who bought and resold surplus gifts given to daimyo or samurai (Edo period)Historical term
とくせいれい
徳政令
1. debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)Archaic
やみしょうぐん
闇将軍
1. power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun
ざいこくしゅう
在国衆
1. feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)Historical term
くじかたおさだめがき
公事方御定書
1. Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)Historical term
こくじん
国人
1. indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
2. local; nativeOnly applies to くにびと
3. local lords and samuraiHistorical term
4. daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)Historical term, Only applies to くにうど, Only applies to くにゅうど, See also 在国衆
国人 【くにびと】、国人 【こくにん】、国人 【くにうど】、国人 【くにゅうど】
めみ
お目見え
1. audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview
2. first (public) appearance; debut; coming out (on the market)
3. trial service (of a servant); probationHistorical term
4. audience with a shogun (granted to a vassal; Edo period); right to have an audience with a shogunHistorical term
お目見得 【おめみえ】
お目見得: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. will (esp. of shogun); decree; emperor's wishes
えどじょう
江戸城
1. Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
2. Edo Castle