関白

See also: 關白

Japanese

Kanji in this term
関	白
かん Grade: 4	はく > ぱく Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spelling
關白 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kʷanbaku/ → /kʷanpaku/ → */kʷampaku/ → /kampaku/

From Middle Chinese 關白 (MC kwaen baek).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Passage from the Book of Han needed”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんぱく [káꜜǹpàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠mpa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (kanpaku) ^{←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)^?}

(historical) chief advisor to the Emperor
domineering, hectoring

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (Kanpaku) ^{←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)^?}

(historical) a nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Synonym: 太閤 (Taikō)

Derived terms

主(あるじ)関白(かんぱく) (aruji kanpaku)
宇治(うじ)の関白(かんぱく) (Uji no Kanpaku)
殺生(せっしょう)関白(かんぱく) (Sesshō Kanpaku)
月(つきの)輪(わ)関白(かんぱく) (Tsukinowa Kanpaku)
亭主(ていしゅ)関白(かんぱく) (teishu kanpaku)
御堂(みどう)関白(かんぱく) (Midō Kanpaku)

Descendants

→ Portuguese: Quambacudono

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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