Word Meaning 爵位

しゃくい shakui

爵位 is read as しゃくい (shakui) and means peerage.

Meaning

English

  1. peerage
  2. court rank

Reading

Kana

しゃくい

Romaji

shakui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 32655 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ナイト爵位

ないとしゃくい

knighthood

皇位

こうい

imperial throne

即位

そくい

accession to the throne

第1位

だいいちい

first place

基本単位

きほんたんい

base unit (metre, etc.)

従三位

じゅさんみ

second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)

幕下上位

まくしたじょうい

30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers

基本測定単位

きほんそくていたんい

basic measurement unit

自己本位

じこほんい

self-centeredness

興味本位

きょうみほんい

(just) out of curiosity

倍率付き測定単位

ばいりつつきそくていたんい

scaled measurement unit

誘発電位

ゆうはつでんい

evoked potential

Example Sentences

5

こくおうはかれにしゃくいをあたえた。

The king bestowed a peerage upon him.

しゃくいをつぐためのてつづきがひつようです。

Procedures are required to inherit the peerage.

かれはしゃくいをはくだつされた。

He was stripped of his peerage.

いぎりすにはいつつのしゃくいがある。

There are five ranks of peerage in Britain.

It's not because you have a title, that you're a noble. There are people who have a natural nobility and are fine nobles. People like us who only have nobility titles are not nobles, we're more like peasants.