Word Meaning 苗字帯刀

みょうじたいとう myoujitaitou

苗字帯刀 is read as みょうじたいとう (myoujitaitou) and means the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period).

Meaning

English

  1. the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

Reading

Kana

みょうじたいとう

Romaji

myoujitaitou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 134472 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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名字帯刀

みょうじたいとう

the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

帯刀

たいとう

wearing a sword

刀を帯びる

とうをおびる

to wear a sword

帯刀御免

たいとうごめん

a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)

なえ

rice seedling

苗床

なえどこ

seedbed

苗木

なえぎ

seedling

苗代時

なわしろどき

time to prepare a rice nursery

苗売り人

なえうりにん

seedling peddler

苗代

なえしろ

rice nursery

苗水

なわみず

water for a rice nursery

とう

knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)