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, “counselor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいなごん [dàínáꜜgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ina̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) • (dainagon) 

1. (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)
2. (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)
3. (colloquial) Short for 大納言小豆 (dainagon azuki): a large, dark red bean cultivar
4. a type of 小紋 (komon, “fine pattern”)

   Synonym: 加島屋小紋 (Kashima komon)

5. a detailed 鮫小紋 (samekomon, literally “shark komon”) once used solely by the Kishū-Tokugawa family

Coordinate terms

• 中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (chūnagon, “middle counselor”)
• 少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) (shōnagon, “lesser counselor”)

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(な)言(ごん) (Ike no Dainagon, courtesy name of Taira no Yorimori)
• 一(いち)の大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (ichi no dainagon)
• 尹(いん)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (in-dainagon)
• 尹(いん)の大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (in no dainagon)
• 宇(う)治(じ)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん)物(もの)語(がたり) (Uji Dainagon Monogatari)
• 大(おお)伴(ともの)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (Ōtomo no Dainagon)
• 数(かず)の外(ほか)の大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (kazu no hoka no dainagon)
• 権(ごん)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (gon-dainagon)
• 権(ごん)の大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (gon no dainagon)
• 四(し)条(じょう)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (Shijō Dainagon, nickname of Fujiwara no Kintō)
• 駿河(するが)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (Suruga Dainagon, nickname of Tokugawa Tadanaga)
• 伴(ばん)大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (Ban Dainagon, nickname of Tomo no Yoshio)

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

Possibly from Old Japanese.

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

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. (politics, historical, archaic) a chief counselor 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 counselor - according to the Shikiin-ryō: the chief counselor is [pronounced as] ōi monomōsu-tsukasa

2. (politics, historical, 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 counselor”)
• 少(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (sunai monomōsu-tsukasa, “lesser counselor”)

See also

• 黄(こう)門(もん)監(かん) (kōmonkan), 黄(こう)門(もん) (kōmon)