Word Meaning 寺社奉行

じしゃぶぎょう jishabugyou

寺社奉行 is read as じしゃぶぎょう (jishabugyou) and means governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

じしゃぶぎょう

Romaji

jishabugyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 128127 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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寺社仏閣

じしゃぶっかく

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

奉行

ぶぎょう

magistrate

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)

鍋奉行

なべぶぎょう

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

寺社

じしゃ

temples and shrines

奉行所

ぶぎょうしょ

magistrate's office

社会奉仕家

しゃかいほうしか

social worker

社会奉仕

しゃかいほうし

voluntary social service