大納言

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 納 言
だい
Grade: 1		 な
Grade: 6		 ごん
Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon goon

From 大 (dai-, “big, great”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “councilor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation

Noun

大納言 (hiragana だいなごん, rōmaji dainagon)

  1. (historical, politics) a chief councilor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
  2. (historical, politics, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)
  3. Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 大 (ダイ)納 (ナ)言 (ゴン)小豆 (アズキ) (dainagon azuki)
  • 池 (いけの)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Ike no Dainagon, “courtesy name of Taira no Yorimori”)
  • 一 (いち)の大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (ichi no dainagon)
  • 尹 (いん)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (in-dainagon), 尹 (いん)の大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (in no dainagon)
  • 宇 (う)治 (じ)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん)物 (もの)語 (がたり) (Uji Dainagon Monogatari)
  • 大 (おお)伴 (ともの)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Ōtomo no Dainagon)
  • 数 (かず)の外 (ほか)の大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (kazu no hoka no dainagon)
  • 権 (ごん)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (gon-dainagon), 権 (ごん)の大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (gon no dainagon)
  • 四 (し)条 (じょう)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Shijō Dainagon, “nickname of Fujiwara no Kintō”)
  • 駿河 (するが)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Suruga Dainagon, nickname of Tokugawa Tadanaga)
  • 伴 (ばん)大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Ban Dainagon, nickname of Tomo no Yoshio)
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 納 言
おお(い)
Grade: 1		 Grade: 6 Grade: 2
kun’yomi jukujikun

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

From 大い (ōi, “senior, upper”) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa‎, “councilor”).

The alternative 大き (ōki) is the pre-Middle Japanese shift form of ōi of the same meaning.

Noun

大納言 (hiragana おおいものもうすつかさ, rōmaji ōi monomōsu-tsukasa, historical hiragana おほいものまうすつかさ)
(alternative reading hiragana おおきものもうすつかさ, romaji ōki monomōsu-tsukasa, historical hiragana おほきものまうすつかさ)

  1. (historical, politics, archaic) a chief councilor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
  2. (historical, politics, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)
Coordinate terms
See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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