Moto 臣: Retainer; SubjectKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン、ジン
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 111 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン・ジン)
- 大臣だいじんcabinet minister
- 総理大臣そうりだいじんprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
- 忠臣ちゅうしんloyal retainer; loyal subject
- 内大臣ないだいじんLord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
- 国務大臣こくむだいじんminister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
- 家臣かしんvassal; retainer
- 重臣じゅうしんchief vassal; senior statesman
- 下臣かしんlow-rank retainer
- 不臣ふしんdisloyalty; unfaithfulness
- 主務大臣しゅむだいじんthe cabinet minister in charge
- 乱臣らんしんtraitor
- 乱臣賊子らんしんぞくしrebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject
- 人臣じんしんsubjects; retainers
- 伴食大臣ばんしょくだいじんnominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
- 位人臣を極めるくらいじんしんをきわめるto rise to the highest possible rank
- 佞臣ねいしんcrafty courtier; traitor
- 使臣ししんenvoy
- 侍臣じしんcourtier; attendant
- 倖臣こうしんfavorite courtier; favourite courtier
- 先の総理大臣さきのそうりだいじんformer prime minister
- 内務大臣ないむだいじんprewar Home Minister
- 内閣府特命担当大臣ないかくふとくめいたんとうだいじんMinister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
- 内閣総理大臣ないかくそうりだいじんprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
- 副大臣ふくだいじんvice minister
- 功臣こうしんmeritorious retainer
- 労働大臣ろうどうだいじんMinister of Labour
- 厚生労働大臣こうせいろうどうだいじんMinister of Health, Labour and Welfare
- 厚生大臣こうせいだいじんMinister of Health and Welfare
- 反臣はんしんrebellious retainer
- 叛臣はんしんrebellious retainer
- 右大臣うだいじんMinister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
- 司法大臣しほうだいじんMinister of Justice
- 君臣くんしんruler and ruled; master and servant
- 国土交通大臣こくどこうつうだいじんMinister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- 外務大臣がいむだいじんMinister for Foreign Affairs
- 外臣がいしんforeign retainer
- 大臣政務官だいじんせいむかんparliamentary secretary
- 大臣柱だいじんばしらdownstage left pillar (on a noh stage)
- 大蔵大臣おおくらだいじんMinister of Finance
- 奸臣かんしんdisloyal retainer; treacherous subject
- 姦臣かんしんdisloyal retainer; treacherous subject
- 嬖臣へいしんfavored retainer
- 宮内大臣くないだいじんMinister of the Imperial Household
- 寵臣ちょうしんfavored retainer; favoured retainer
- 左大臣さだいじんMinister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
- 市井の臣しせいのしんtownspeople; the common people
- 帝国臣民ていこくしんみんimperial subject
- 帷幄の臣いあくのしんclose adviser; close advisor
- 幕臣ばくしんshogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
- 廷臣ていしんcourtier
- 建設大臣けんせつだいじんMinister of Construction
- 復興大臣ふっこうだいじんMinister for Reconstruction
- 忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐらperformance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Rōnin (esp. the Kanadehon Chūshingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)
- 文臣ぶんしんcivil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)
- 文部大臣もんぶだいじんMinister of Education
- 文部科学大臣もんぶかがくだいじんMinister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- 旧臣きゅうしんold retainer
Other readings
- 中臣の祓なかとみのはらえgrand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
- 中臣祓なかとみのはらえgrand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
- 太政大臣だいじょうだいじんGrand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
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