だいみょう
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Pitch accent
いみょ
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
daimyo's procession
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
daimyo's mansion
someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person; actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki)
daimyo in the Warring States period
non-Tokugawa daimyo
the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
traveling in luxury; travelling in luxury; junket
the 8th month has the least work for farmers
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)
local fire brigade (Edo period); provincial fire brigade
Examples (1 in total)
In feudal Japan, the lord with the largest land holdings was called a "daimyo."