水戸黄門
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 水 | 戸 | 黄 | 門 |
| み Grade: 1 |
と Grade: 2 |
こう Grade: 2 |
もん Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | kan’on | goon | |
Etymology
Compound of 水戸 (Mito, “Mito Domain”) + 黄門 (kōmon, “middle councillor”).
Proper noun
水戸黄門 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 水戸黃門, hiragana みとこうもん, rōmaji Mito Kōmon, historical hiragana みとくわうもん)
- (historical) a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain
See also
- 中納言 (chūnagon, “middle councillor”)
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