name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
surname; family name; last name
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
name of a god; name of a shrine
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
family name; professional name
daimyo in the Warring States period
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal)
intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha
Buddha's name (esp. when used in prayer); fame; renown
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
daimyo not sworn to support Tokugawa before the battle of Sekigahara (1600); non-Tokugawa daimyo
Christian daimyō; daimyō who converted to Christianity (in the 16th century)
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryō period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
pseudonym of a haiku poet
corresponding to one's actual qualities (of one's name); being true to one's name
traveling in luxury; travelling in luxury; junket
daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)
the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers
it is better to be infamous than unknown
someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person; actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
spending lavishly on the outward journey and having nothing left for the return; (lit.) going a lord, returning a beggar
shrine ranking system (ritsuryō system)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
register of believers (at a Buddhist temple); death register; register of reciters of the Buddha's name (in Yuzu Nembutsu)
Myōgishō (abbr. of Ruijū Myōgishō, a Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period)
Ruijū Myōgishō (Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period)
local fire brigade (Edo period); provincial fire brigade
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)
nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryō system)
rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryō system)
proof of identity (for nobles, doctors, etc.; Heian period)