Word Meaning 侯爵

こうしゃく koushaku

侯爵 is read as こうしゃく (koushaku) and means marquis.

Meaning

English

  1. marquis
  2. marquess

Reading

Kana

こうしゃく

Romaji

koushaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 13241 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

侯爵夫人

こうしゃくふじん

marchioness

こう

daimyo

男爵

だんしゃく

Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

公爵

こうしゃく

prince

伯爵

はくしゃく

count

人爵

じんしゃく

worldly honors

五爵

ごしゃく

five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)

子爵

ししゃく

viscount

官爵

かんじゃく

government post and court rank

五等爵

ごとうしゃく

five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)

天爵

てんしゃく

true merit

授爵

じゅしゃく

elevation to peerage

Example Sentences

1

こうしゃくのやかたはとてもひろかった。

The marquis's mansion was very spacious.