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Daimyo / Great Name
dà míng
dai myou
大名 is the title Daimyō in Japanese, which means “lord” or “great name.”
This has the same meaning in Chinese as “great name,” or “your distinguished name.” In ancient Japan, this referred to a feudal lord.
Also sometimes romanized from Japanese as Daimio, Daimyou, Oomiyou, or Oomyou.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
大名 see styles |
dà míng da4 ming2 ta ming daimyou / daimyo だいみょう |
More info & calligraphy: Daimyo / Great Name(hist) (See 小名) daimyo (Japanese feudal lord); (place-name) Daimyou Mahānāman |
藩士 see styles |
hanshi はんし |
More info & calligraphy: Warrior Monk / Soldier Priest |
侯 see styles |
hòu hou4 hou kou / ko こう |
used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian) (n,n-suf) (1) (hist) (See 五等爵) marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; (n,n-suf) (2) (hist) daimyo; (surname) Hou |
柏 see styles |
bò bo4 po haku はく |
used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2] oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata; (surname, given name) Haku Cypress, cedar, Arbor vitae. |
槲 see styles |
hú hu2 hu kashiwa かしわ |
Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲樹|槲树[hu2 shu4] oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata |
藩 see styles |
fān fan1 fan han はん |
fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2] (n,n-suf) (hist) han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province; (given name) Mamoru |
お国 see styles |
okuni おくに |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your native country; your hometown; (2) (polite language) my home country (i.e. Japan); (3) countryside; country; (4) (archaism) daimyo's territory (Edo period) |
上士 see styles |
shàng shì shang4 shi4 shang shih joushi / joshi じょうし |
(hist) high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period) The superior disciple, who becomes perfect in (spiritually) profiting himself and others. The 中士 profits self but not others; the 下士 neither. |
主取 see styles |
shuudori / shudori しゅうどり |
(noun/participle) entering the service of a daimyo |
侍講 see styles |
jikou / jiko じこう |
(1) (hist) tutor to a daimyo, etc.; (2) (hist) tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period) |
出府 see styles |
shuppu しゅっぷ |
(n,vs,vi) (hist) going to the capital (esp. of a samurai or daimyo during the Edo period) |
列侯 see styles |
liè hóu lie4 hou2 lieh hou rekkou / rekko れっこう |
duke (old); nobleman; gentry (hist) many daimyo |
勤番 see styles |
kinban きんばん |
(n,vs,vi) (1) taking turns on duty; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka |
参勤 see styles |
sankin さんきん |
(noun/participle) (1) going to serve one's lord; (2) (abbreviation) daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) |
参覲 see styles |
sankin さんきん |
(ateji / phonetic) (noun/participle) (1) going to serve one's lord; (2) (abbreviation) daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) |
国主 see styles |
kokushu こくしゅ |
(1) king; sovereign; (2) (hist) daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period); (personal name) Kuninushi |
国人 see styles |
kokujin(p); kunibito; kokunin; kuniudo; kunyuudo / kokujin(p); kunibito; kokunin; kuniudo; kunyudo こくじん(P); くにびと; こくにん; くにうど; くにゅうど |
(1) indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; (2) (くにびと only) local; native; (3) (hist) local lords and samurai; (4) (くにうど, くにゅうど only) (hist) (See 在国衆) daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period); (given name) Kunihito |
国守 see styles |
kokushu こくしゅ |
(1) (hist) governor of a province (under the ritsuryō system); (2) (hist) (See 国主・2) daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces; (place-name, surname) Kunimori |
在国 see styles |
zaikoku ざいこく |
(n,vs,vi) (1) being in one's hometown; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) being in one's domain (as opposed to being in Edo; of a daimyo or his retainers); (personal name) Arikuni |
外様 see styles |
tozama とざま |
(1) (abbreviation) outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; (2) outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group; (place-name) Tozama |
定詰 see styles |
jouzume / jozume じょうづめ |
(noun/participle) (1) (obscure) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (2) (archaism) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and-or served in Edo for a fixed period of time; (surname) Jōzume |
家老 see styles |
jiā lǎo jia1 lao3 chia lao karou / karo かろう |
(old) a senior in one's household (hist) chief retainer; daimyo's minister; (surname) Kera |
御国 see styles |
mikuni みくに okuni おくに |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) country; (2) (honorific or respectful language) Japan; (1) (honorific or respectful language) your native country; your hometown; (2) (polite language) my home country (i.e. Japan); (3) countryside; country; (4) (archaism) daimyo's territory (Edo period) |
本陣 see styles |
honjin ほんじん |
(1) troop headquarters; stronghold; (2) (hist) inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period); (place-name, surname) Honjin |
槲樹 槲树 see styles |
hú shù hu2 shu4 hu shu |
Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); Daimyo oak |
殿様 see styles |
tonosama とのさま |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) nobleman; dignitary; lord; (2) (hist) (honorific or respectful language) (See 大名) feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; (3) man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world |
減封 see styles |
genpou / genpo げんぽう |
(hist) forced reduction of a daimyo's land by the Edo Shogunate; curtailment of a daimyo's domain |
献物 see styles |
kenmotsu けんもつ |
offering (to a shogun, emperor, daimyo, kami or Buddha) |
町触 see styles |
machifure まちふれ |
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials |
番衆 see styles |
banshuu; banshu / banshu; banshu ばんしゅう; ばんしゅ |
(hist) guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Daimyo Great Name | 大名 | dai myou / daimyou / dai myo | dà míng / da4 ming2 / da ming / daming | ta ming / taming |
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