老中

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
trad. (老中) 老 中
simp. #(老中) 老 中
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Noun

老中

  1. (historical) "elder", political role in the Tokugawa shogunate (江戶幕府／江户幕府)
  2. (American (1980–), slang) a Chinese person, Chinese immigrants

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老 中
ろう
Grade: 4 		じゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

 老中 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Rōjū on Wikipedia

老(ろう)中(じゅう) or 老中(ろうちゅう) • (rōjū or rōchū) ←らうぢゅう (raudyuu)?

  1. (historical) member of the council of elders during the Muromachi period; an elder
  2. (historical) a senior vassal to a daimyo during the Muromachi or the Sengoku period
  3. (historical) a senior administrator, serving directly under the shogun, during the Tokugawa shogunate; elder

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