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, “counselor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だいな​ごん [dàínáꜜgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ina̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) • (dainagon) 

  1. (politics, historical) a chief counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
  2. (politics, historical, 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. (colloquial) Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar
  4. a type of 小紋 (komon, “fine pattern”)
    Synonym: 加島屋小紋 (Kashima komon)
  5. a detailed 鮫小紋 (samekomon, literally “shark komon”) once used solely by the Kishū-Tokugawa family
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		 ものもうすつかさ
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
kun’yomi jukujikun

Possibly from Old Japanese.

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

Noun

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

  1. (politics, historical, archaic) a chief counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5:
      大納言　職員令云：大納言［於保伊毛乃萬宇須豆加佐］
      Chief counselor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the chief counselor is [pronounced as] ōi monomōsu-tsukasa
  2. (politics, historical, 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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