だいじやうだいじん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だいじやうだいじん – see the following entry.
【太政大臣だいじょうだいじん】
[noun] (politics, historical) the head of the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system), equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”
[noun] (politics, historical, colloquial) synonym of 太政大臣 (dajō-daijin, “the head of the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”) during the Meiji period”)
(This term, だいじやうだいじん (daizyaudaizin), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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