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2 exact word matches found in search '臣'
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noun
1. slave  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading やつこ)
2. retainer; servant
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noun
1. retainer; attendant  (archaic)
2. Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)  (see also: 八色の姓; this meaning is restricted to reading おみ)
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8 words found beginning with '臣'
vassalage
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noun
subject; national
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retainer
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serving as a retainer
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noun
loyalty to one's master
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noun
status of a subject
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vassalage
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noun
(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state  (yojijukugo)
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111 words found containing '臣' in any position
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noun
cabinet minister
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noun
ruler and ruled; master and servant
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retainer
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vassal; retainer
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noun
1. retainer; attendant  (archaic)
2. Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)  (see also: 八色の姓; this meaning is restricted to reading おみ)
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noun
Minister of State
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noun
loyal retainer; loyal subject
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noun
1. minister (of government); noble  (honorific)
2. nobleman's residence  (honorific; archaic)
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noun
chief vassal; senior statesman
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noun
1. Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ないだいじん)
2. Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE)
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