少納言局

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	納	言	局
しょう Grade: 2	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’yōon	goon	kan’on

Etymology

From 少納言 (shōnagon, “lesser counselor”) +‎ 局 (-kyoku, “bureau, office”).

Proper noun

少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん)局(きょく) • (Shōnagon-kyoku) ^{←せうなごんきよく (Seunagon-kyoku)?}

1. (government, historical) one of the 三局 (Sankyoku, “three offices”) in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan), so named because clerical work there were done by the shōnagon and subordinate secretaries

Coordinate terms

• 右(う)弁(べん)官(かん) (Ubenkan)
• 左(さ)弁(べん)官(かん) (Sabenkan)