ごしゃく

See also: こしゃく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ごしゃく – see the following entries.
【五爵】
[noun] the five ranks of 爵 (shaku, “peerage”) in feudal China, bestowed on 諸侯 (shokō, “princes”) (sons, brothers, nephews, male cousins, etc.) of the 皇帝 (kōtei, “huangdi; emperor”), later used as East Asian equivalents to European ranks
(This term, ごしゃく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 五尺, 語釈.)

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