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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 水戶黃門 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 水戸 (Mito, a domain in present-day Ibaraki Prefecture) + 黄門 (kōmon, a rank in equivalence to a “middle councillor” in medieval Japan).
Proper noun
水戸黄門 • (Mito Kōmon) ←みとくわうもん (Mito Kwaumon)?
- (historical) a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain
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