Word Meaning 町奉行

まちぶぎょう machibugyou

町奉行 is read as まちぶぎょう (machibugyou) and means (Edo-period) town magistrate.

Meaning

English

(Edo-period) town magistrate

Reading

Kana

まちぶぎょう

Romaji

machibugyou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 20515 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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奉行

ぶぎょう

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

市町村防災行政無線

しちょうそんぼうさいぎょうせいむせん

Municipal Disaster Management Radio Communication Network

奉行所

ぶぎょうしょ

magistrate's office

町村派

まちむらは

Machimura Faction (of the LDP)

町衆

まちしゅう

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period)

町村合併

ちょうそんがっぺい

merger of towns and villages