だいなごん

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For pronunciation and definitions of だいなごん – see the following entry.
大納言
[noun] (politics, historical) a chief counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, Great Council of State, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
[noun] (politics, historical, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, Great Council of State, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)
[noun] (colloquial) Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar
[noun] a type of 小紋 (komon, fine pattern)
[noun] a detailed 鮫小紋 (samekomon, literally shark komon) once used solely by the Kishū-Tokugawa family
(This term, だいなごん (dainagon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)