関白

See also: 關白

Japanese
Kanji in this term
関 白
かん
Grade: 4		 はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
關白 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kʷanbaku/ → /kʷanpaku/ → */kʷampaku/ → /kampaku/

From Middle Chinese 關白 (MC kˠuan bˠæk̚).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Passage from the Book of Han needed”)

Pronunciation

Noun

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (kanpaku) ←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?

  1. (historical) chief advisor to the Emperor
  2. domineering, hectoring

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (Kanpaku) ←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?

  1. (historical) a nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Synonym: 太閤 (Taikō)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 主(あるじ)関白(かんぱく) (aruji kanpaku)
  • 宇治(うじ)の関白(かんぱく) (Uji no Kanpaku)
  • 殺生(せっしょう)関白(かんぱく) (Sesshō Kanpaku)
  • 月(つきの)輪(わ)関白(かんぱく) (Tsukinowa Kanpaku)
  • 亭主(ていしゅ)関白(かんぱく) (teishu kanpaku)
  • 御堂(みどう)関白(かんぱく) (Midō Kanpaku)

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: Quambacudono

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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