御三家

Chinese

defend; imperial; to drive three
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (御三家)
simp. #(御三家)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese ()(さん)() (gosanke).

Pronunciation


Noun

御三家

  1. the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
さん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(さん)() (gosanke) 

  1. the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan ((とく)(がわ)() (Tokugawa-shi)): 尾張(おわり) (Owari), 紀伊(きい) (), and 水戸(みと) (Mito)
  2. (figuratively) the "big three"

References

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