臣

cabinet minister

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

loyal retainer

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)

minister of state

vassal

Home Minister (pre-1947)

subjects

Minister of Home Affairs

townspeople

Minister of Education

Minister for Digital Transformation

disloyalty

the cabinet minister in charge

Minister of the Imperial Household

Minister of Defense

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister of Justice

subject

vice minister

Minister of the Navy

Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

Grand Minister

serving as a retainer

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

cabinet minister

parliamentary secretary

Minister of Finance

Minister of Justice

Minister of Construction

Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

foreign retainer

former prime minister

civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)

low-rank retainer

retainer

Minister of Finance

to rise to the highest possible rank

envoy

minister without portfolio

vassal

Minister of Defense

Minister of Labour

Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

Minister of Transport

Army Minister

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

courtier

immediate follower (of the shogun)

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

Minister of the Environment

Minister of Health and Welfare

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

military retainer

old retainer

influential vassal

imperial subject

nominal (figurehead) minister

downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)

Minister of State for Special Missions

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Minister of International Trade and Industry

Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)

Minister for Reconstruction

loyal retainer

State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

vassalage

old or key retainer

treacherous retainer

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

favorite retainer

meritorious retainer

State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform

Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)

surviving retainer

vassalage

ruler and ruled

traitor

(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin

shogunate retainer

Minister of State for Special Missions

State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization

retainer

vassal

loyalty to one's master

a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects

status of a subject

rebels against one's lord and one's parents

State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy

State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy

grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)

courtier

wise and able retainer

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

chief vassal

strategist

foolish retainer

courtier

rear vassal

rebel

disloyal retainer

crafty courtier

rebellious retainer

retainer who dares to dissuade his lord

favorite retainer

favorite retainer

slanderous retainer

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