中納言

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
ちゅう Grade: 1	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’yōon	goon

Compound of 中 (chū, “middle”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “counselor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうな​ごん [chùúnáꜜgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːna̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) • (chūnagon) 

1. (politics, historical) a middle counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”)
   • late 9th century, Ise Monogatari (section 69)

     中(ちゆう)将(じやう)のことなむ言(い)ひける。兄(あに)の中(ちゆう)納(な)言(ごん)、行(ゆき)平(ひら)のむすめの腹(はら)なり。

     Chūjō no koto nan iikeru. Ani no chūnagon, Yukihira no musume no hara nari.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 石上(いそのかみの)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (Isonokami no Chūnagon)
• 建(けん)春(しゅん)門(もん)院(いんの)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん)日(にっ)記(き) (Kenshun-mon'in no Chūnagon Nikki)
• 権(ごん)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (gon-chūnagon, “acting middle counselor”)
• 権(ごん)の中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (gon no chūnagon)
• 桜(さくら)町(まちの)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (Sakuramachi no Chūnagon, courtesy name of Fujiwara no Shigenori)
• 堤(つつみ)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん) (Tsutsumi Chūnagon, courtesy name of Fujiwara no Kanesuke)
• 浜(はま)松(まつ)中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん)物(もの)語(がたり) (Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari)

See also

• 大(だい)納(な)言(ごん) (dainagon, “chief counselor”)
• 少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) (shōnagon, “lesser counselor”)
• 黄(こう)門(もん)侍(じ)郎(ろう) (kōmonjirō), 黄(こう)門(もん) (kōmon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
なか Grade: 1	ものもうすつかさ
	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Compound of 中 (naka, “middle”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, “counselor”).

Noun

中納言(なかのものもうすつかさ) • (naka no monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←なかのものまうすつかさ (nakanomonomausutukasa)?}

1. (politics, historical, archaic) a middle counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”)
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume book 5:

     中納言　二方品云：令外置中納言［奈加乃毛乃萬宇須豆加佐］

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• 大(おおい)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (ōi monomōsu-tsukasa, “chief counselor”)
• 少(すない)納言(ものもうすつかさ) (sunai monomōsu-tsukasa, “lesser counselor”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
中	納	言
すけのものもうすつかさ
Grade: 1	Grade: 6	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Compound of 助け (suke, “assistance, support”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 助く (suku), modern 助ける (sukeru), “to assist, support”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa, “counselor”).

Noun

中納言(すけのものもうすつかさ) • (suke no monomōsu-tsukasa) ^{←すけのものまうすつかさ (sukenomonomausutukasa)?}

1. (politics, historical, archaic) a middle counselor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”)