しょうなごん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうなごん – see the following entry.
【少納言】
[noun] (historical, politics) a lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”)
[noun] (colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl
(This term, しょうなごん (shōnagon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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