関白

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See also: 關白

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
kan'on
Alternative spelling
關白 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kʷanbaku//kʷanpaku/ → */kʷampaku//kampaku/

From Middle Chinese 關白 (MC kwaen baek).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Passage from the Book of Han needed”)

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(ぱく) (kanpakuくわんぱく (kwanpaku)?

  1. (historical) chief advisor to the Emperor
  2. domineering, hectoring

(かん)(ぱく) (Kanpakuくわんぱく (kwanpaku)?

  1. (historical) a nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Synonym: 太閤 (Taikō)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Quambacudono

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN