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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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關白 (kyūjitai)
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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
関白 • (kanpaku) ←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?
- (historical) chief advisor to the Emperor
- domineering, hectoring
関白 • (Kanpaku) ←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?
- (historical) a nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Synonym: 太閤 (Taikō)
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