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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
納所 or 納所 • (nassho or nōsho) ←なふしよ (nafusyo)?
- a place in a temple where the payment of money or rice was received
- a monk in charge of the above activities
- (by extension) a lower-class monk in charge of general tasks
- an office for the government, temples, aristocrats etc. to keep taxed rice and money in ancient and medieval times
- a person employed to work in such an office
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN