しょうなごん

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Japanese

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少納言
(historical, politics) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, Great Council of State)
(colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl
(This term, しょうなごん (shōnagon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)