ごさんけ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ごさんけ – see the following entry.
【御三家】
[noun] the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan (徳(とく)川(がわ)氏(し) (Tokugawa-shi)): 尾張(おわり) (Owari), 紀伊(きい) (Kī), and 水戸(みと) (Mito)
[noun] (figuratively) the "big three"
(This term, ごさんけ (gosanke), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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