Word Meaning 譜代大名

Listen to 譜代相伝

譜代相伝

ふだいそうでん

hereditary succession

Listen to 譜代

譜代

ふだい

hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara

Listen to 守護大名

守護大名

しゅごだいみょう

provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)

Listen to 上代仮名

上代仮名

じょうだいがな

cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period)

Listen to 大名

大名

だいみょう

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

Listen to 大域名

大域名

たいいきめい

global name

Listen to 大義名分

大義名分

たいぎめいぶん

duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

Listen to 大統領代行

大統領代行

だいとうりょうだいこう

acting president

Listen to 名桜大学

名桜大学

めいおうだいがく

Meio University

Listen to 名簿式比例代表制

名簿式比例代表制

めいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい

proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

Listen to 代名詞

代名詞

だいめいし

pronoun

Listen to 大時代

大時代

おおじだい

old-fashioned