Word Meaning 奉行

ぶぎょう bugyou

奉行 is read as ぶぎょう (bugyou) and means magistrate.

Meaning

English

magistrate
shogunate administrator

Reading

Kana

ぶぎょう

Romaji

bugyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 15667 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

奉行所

ぶぎょうしょ

magistrate's office

町奉行

まちぶぎょう

(Edo-period) town magistrate

長崎奉行

ながさきぶぎょう

magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

五奉行

ごぶぎょう

the five commissioners

勘定奉行

かんじょうぶぎょう

chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

キリシタン奉行

きりしたんぶぎょう

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

寺社奉行

じしゃぶぎょう

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

鍋奉行

なべぶぎょう

person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table

奉仕

ほうし

offering goods at a reduced price

奉納

ほうのう

dedication

奉公

ほうこう

live-in domestic service

奉直戦争

ほうちょくせんそう

Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)