Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 権
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少
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納
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言
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ごん Grade: 6
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しょう Grade: 2
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な Grade: 6
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ごん Grade: 2
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| goon
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on'yomi
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kan'yōon
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goon
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| Alternative spelling
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| 權少納言 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 権 (gon-, “interim, provisional”) + 少納言 (shōnagon, “lesser counselor”).
Noun
権少納言 • (gon-shōnagon) ←ごんせうなごん (gon-seunagon)?
- (politics, historical) an acting lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan)
- 785, Shoku Nihongi (Enryaku 4, twelfth day of the first month)
從五位下藤原朝臣乙叡爲二權少納言一。- Lower Junior Fifth Rank Fujiwara no Asomi Takatoshi becomes gon-(no-)shōnagon.