五位

Old Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 五位 (MC nguX hwijH).

Noun

五位 (GO1WI) (kana ごゐ)

  1. the fifth rank in the imperial court
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3858:
      比來之吾戀力記集功爾申者五位乃冠
      KO2NO2 KO2RO2 NO2 AGA KO1PI2DIKARA SIRUSI ATUME2 KUWU ni MAWOSABA GO1WI no2 KAGAPURI
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