さだいじん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さだいじん – see the following entry.

【左大臣】 [noun] (politics, historical) the minister of the left, the second-highest government position in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system) [noun] (politics, historical) a government position in the 太政官 (Dajō-kan, “Great Council of State”) during the early Meiji period [1869-1885]

(This term, さだいじん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)