太政官

On-reading of Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa below.

Equivalent to 太政 (daijō, originally read ōmatsurigoto (notice the absence of -i in ōi), “imperial government”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government office”).

• (Tokyo) だいじょ​ーかん [dàíjóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [da̠iʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん) • (Daijō-kan) ^{←だいじやうくわん (daizyaukwan)?}

1. (government, historical) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods
2. (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Dajō-kan) below

Variant on-reading of Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa below.

Equivalent to 太政 (dajō, originally read ōmatsurigoto (notice the absence of -i in ōi), “imperial government”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government office”).

• (Tokyo) だじょ​ーかん [dàjóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [da̠ʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん) • (Dajō-kan) ^{←だじやうくわん (dazyaukwan)?}

1. (government, historical) the highest governing body of Imperial Japan in the early Meiji period
2. (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Daijō-kan) above

Shift from Old Japanese 太政官 (Opoki₁maturigo₂to₂ no₂ Tukasa).

Equivalent to 大 (ōi-, prefix of superiority) +‎ 政 (matsurigoto, “government”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 官 (tsukasa, “government office”).

The “chancellor” sense extends the meaning from 官 (tsukasa, “government office”) to 司 (tsukasa, “government official”).

太政官(おおいまつりごとのつかさ) • (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa) ^{←おほいまつりごとのつかさ (ofoimaturigotonotukasa)?}

1. (government, historical, archaic) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods

太政官(おおいまつりごとのつかさ) • (ōimatsurigoto no tsukasa) ^{←おほいまつりごとのつかさ (ofoimaturigotonotukasa)?}

1. (politics, historical, archaic, rare) Synonym of 太政大臣 (ōki ōimōchigimi): the head of the Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”

From 大き (opoki₁, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of adjective 大し (oposi), “great”) +‎ 政 (maturigo₂to₂, “government, rule”) +‎ の (no₂, possessive particle) +‎ 官 (tukasa, “government office”).

太政官 (Opoki₁maturigo₂to₂ no₂ Tukasa) (kana おほきまつりごとのつかさ)

1. the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system during and after the Nara period

• Japanese: 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa → Da(i)jō-kan)