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    3. 政所

    政所

    政まん所どころ

    official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    まんどころまどころまつりごとどころ

    Noun

    1.
    official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
    2.
    titled lady (legal wife of an important official)
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageabbreviation
    3.
    government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
    4.
    clerk working for large temples and shrines

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    Kanji that make up this word

    政
    まつりごと・まん…(4)
    politics・government
    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
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