Word Meaning 大名

だいみょう daimyou

大名 is read as だいみょう (daimyou) and means daimyo (Japanese feudal lord).

Meaning

English

  1. daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

Reading

Kana

だいみょう

Romaji

daimyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 小名 Rank 14971 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大域名

たいいきめい

global name

大義名分

たいぎめいぶん

duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

守護大名

しゅごだいみょう

provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)

名門大学

めいもんだいがく

prestigious university

名桜大学

めいおうだいがく

Meio University

名城大学

めいじょうだいがく

Meijo University

大人

おとな

adult

大金

おおがね

large amount of money

大げさ

おおげさ

exaggerated

大ざっぱ

おおざっぱ

careless (e.g. work)

大学

だいがく

former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)

大国

たいこく

province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

Example Sentences

1

That daimyo holds a fief yielding 100,000 koku of rice.