中納言

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
ちゅう Grade: 1	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'yōon	goon

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “councilor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Noun

中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) • (chūnagon) 

1. (historical, politics) a middle councilor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 石上(いそのかみの)中納言(ちゅうなごん) (Isonokami no Chūnagon)
• 建春門(けんしゅんもん)院(いんの)中納言(ちゅうなごん)日記(にっき) (Kenshunmon'in no Chūnagon Nikki)
• 権中納言(ごんちゅうなごん) (gon-chūnagon), 権(ごん)の中納言(ちゅうなごん) (gon no chūnagon, “acting middle councilor”)
• 桜(さくら)町(まちの)中納言(ちゅうなごん) (Sakuramachi no Chūnagon, courtesy name of Fujiwara no Shigenori)
• 堤(つつみ)中納言(ちゅうなごん) (Tsutsumi Chūnagon, courtesy name of Fujiwara no Kanesuke)
• 浜(はま)松(まつ)中納言(ちゅうなごん)物(もの)語(がたり) (Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari)

Coordinate terms

• 大(だい)納言(なごん) (dainagon, “chief councilor”)
• 少納言(しょうなごん) (shōnagon, “lesser councilor”)

See also

• 黄門侍郎(こうもんじろう) (kōmonjirō), 黄門(こうもん) (kōmon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
なか Grade: 1	ものもうすつかさ
	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
kun'yomi	jukujikun

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Compound of 中 (naka, “middle”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, “councilor”).

Noun

中納言(なかのものもうすつかさ) • (naka no monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←なかのものまうすつかさ (nakanomonomausutukasa)?}

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

Coordinate terms

• 大(おおい)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (ōi monomōsu-tsukasa, “chief councilor”)
• 少(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (sunai monomōsu-tsukasa, “lesser councilor”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
すけのものもうすつかさ
Grade: 1	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Compound of 助け (suke, “assistance, support”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 助く (suku), modern 助ける (sukeru), “to assist, support”‎) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, “councilor”).

Noun

中納言(すけのものもうすつかさ) • (suke no monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←すけのものまうすつかさ (sukenomonomausutukasa)?}

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