大納言

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	納	言
だい Grade: 1	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2
goon	kan'yōon	goon

From 大 (dai-, “big, great”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “councillor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Noun

大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) • (dainagon) 

1. (historical, politics) a chief councillor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
2. (historical, politics, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)
3. Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 大(ダイ)納(ナ)言(ゴン)小豆(アズキ) (dainagon azuki)
• 池(いけの)大(だい)納言(なごん) (Ike no Dainagon, “courtesy name of Taira no Yorimori”)
• 一(いち)の大(だい)納言(なごん) (ichi no dainagon)
• 尹(いん)大(だい)納言(なごん) (in-dainagon), 尹(いん)の大(だい)納言(なごん) (in no dainagon)
• 宇治(うじ)大(だい)納言(なごん)物(もの)語(がたり) (Uji Dainagon Monogatari)
• 大(おお)伴(ともの)大(だい)納言(なごん) (Ōtomo no Dainagon)
• 数(かず)の外(ほか)の大(だい)納言(なごん) (kazu no hoka no dainagon)
• 権(ごん)大(だい)納言(なごん) (gon-dainagon), 権(ごん)の大(だい)納言(なごん) (gon no dainagon)
• 四条(しじょう)大(だい)納言(なごん) (Shijō Dainagon, “nickname of Fujiwara no Kintō”)
• 駿河(するが)大(だい)納言(なごん) (Suruga Dainagon, nickname of Tokugawa Tadanaga)
• 伴(ばん)大(だい)納言(なごん) (Ban Dainagon, nickname of Tomo no Yoshio)

Coordinate terms

• 中納言(ちゅうなごん) (chūnagon, “middle councilor”)
• 少納言(しょうなごん) (shōnagon, “lesser councilor”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	納	言
おお(い) Grade: 1	ものもうすつかさ
	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
kun'yomi	jukujikun

From 大い (ōi, “senior, upper”) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa‎, “councilor”).

The alternative 大き (ōki) is the pre-Middle Japanese shift form of ōi of the same meaning.

Noun

大(おおい)納言(ものもうすつかさ) • (ōi monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←おほいものまうすつかさ (ofoimonomausutukasa)?}
(alternative reading hiragana おおきものもうすつかさ, rōmaji ōki monomōsu-tsukasa, historical hiragana おほきものまうすつかさ)

1. (historical, politics, archaic) a chief councillor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5:

     大納言　職員令云：大納言［於保伊毛乃萬宇須豆加佐］

     Chief councillor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the chief councillor is [pronounced as] ōi monomōsu-tsukasa

2. (historical, politics, obsolete) a government office in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest governing body during the early Meiji period)

Coordinate terms

• 中(なかの)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (naka no monomōsu-tsukasa, “middle councilor”)
• 少(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (sunai monomōsu-tsukasa, “lesser councilor”)

See also

• 黄門監(こうもんかん) (kōmonkan), 黄門(こうもん) (kōmon)