少納言

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
少	納	言
しょう Grade: 2	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’yōon	goon

From 少 (shō, “junior, lower”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “counselor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーな​ごん [shòónáꜜgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːna̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) • (shōnagon) ^{←せうなごん (seunagon)?}

1. (historical, politics) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”)
   • c. 974, Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha, Kagerō Nikki (part one)

     ...少(せう)納(な)言(ごん)のとしへて四(し)の品(しな)になりぬれば...

     ...shōnagon no toshi hete shi no shina ni narinureba...

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl

   Synonym: 文学少女 (bungaku shōjo)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん)局(きょく) (Shōnagon-kyoku)
• 権(ごん)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) (gon-shōnagon)
• 権(ごん)の少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) (gon no shōnagon)
• 清(せい)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) (Sei Shōnagon)

See also

• 大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (dainagon, “chief counselor”)
• 中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (chūnagon, “middle counselor”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
少	納	言
すくな(い) > すな(い) Grade: 2	ものもうすつかさ
	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
kun’yomi	jukujikun

From 少 (sunai-, “junior, lower”) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, “counselor”).

Noun

少(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) • (sunai monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←すないものまうすつかさ (sunai monomausu-tukasa)?}

1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”)

See also

• 大(おおい)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (ōi monomōsu-tsukasa, “chief counselor”)
• 中(なかの)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (naka no monomōsu-tsukasa, “middle counselor”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
少	納	言
すくな(い) > すな(い) Grade: 2	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

From 少 (sunai-, “junior, lower”) +‎ 物申し (monomōshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 物申す (monomōsu), “to object, speak”).

Noun

少納言(すないものもうし) • (sunai monomōshi) ^{←すないものまうし (sunai monomausi)?}

1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”)
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5:

     少納言　軄員令云：少納言［須奈伊毛乃萬之］

     Lesser counselor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the lesser counselor, [read as] sunai monomōshi

See also

• 給(きゅう)事(じ)中(ちゅう) (kyūjichū)