| 上 | [じょう, jou] (n, adj-no, n-adv, n-suf) (1) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); (2) top; summit; (3) surface; on; (4) before; previous; (5) superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); (6) on top of that; besides; what's more; (7) upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); (8) matters concerning...; as concerns ...; (9) (as ...上は) since (i.e. "for that reason"); (n-suf) (10) (hon) (See 父上) suffix indicating higher social standing; (11) (arch) place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); (12) (arch) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; (13) (arch) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman); (P) #111 [Add to Longdo] |
| 院 | [いん, in] (n) (1) (hon) imperial palace; (2) emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (suf) (3) temple; (4) institution (esp. a government office, school, hospital, etc.); (5) suffix used in posthumous names (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.) #629 [Add to Longdo] |
| 藩主 | [はんしゅ, hanshu] (n) feudal lord; daimyo; (P) #3,150 [Add to Longdo] |
| 侯 | [こう, kou] (n, n-suf) marquis; lord; daimyo; (P) #3,491 [Add to Longdo] |
| 侍 | [さむらい(P);さぶらい, samurai (P); saburai] (n) (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (さぶらい only) (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (P) #4,255 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大名 | [だいみょう, daimyou] (n) daimyo (Japanese feudal lord); daimio; (P) #4,446 [Add to Longdo] |
| 柏(P);槲;檞(oK) | [かしわ, kashiwa] (n) oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata; (P) #4,583 [Add to Longdo] |
| 家老 | [かろう, karou] (n) chief retainer; daimyo's minister #9,948 [Add to Longdo] |
| 居城 | [きょじょう, kyojou] (n) castle of a daimyo; castle of feudal lord #15,036 [Add to Longdo] |
| 本陣 | [ほんじん, honjin] (n) troop headquarters; daimyo's inn; stronghold #17,964 [Add to Longdo] |