少納言

From 少 (shō, “junior, lower”) +‎ 納言 (nagon, “councilor”, on-reading of monomōsu-tsukasa).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょーな​ごん [shòónáꜜgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːna̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

少納言 (hiragana しょうなごん, rōmaji shōnagon, historical hiragana せうなごん)

1. (historical, politics) a lesser councilor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)
2. (colloquial, from Sei Shōnagon being a female writer) a literature girl

   Synonym: 文学少女 (bungaku shōjo)

• 少 (しょう)納 (な)言 (ごん)局 (きょく) (Shōnagon-kyoku, “Office of Lesser Councilors”)
• 権 (ごん)少 (しょう)納 (な)言 (ごん) (gon-shōnagon), 権 (ごん)の少 (しょう)納 (な)言 (ごん) (gon no shōnagon, “acting lesser councilor”)
• 清 (せい)少 (しょう)納 (な)言 (ごん) (Sei Shōnagon, “popular name of Kiyohara no Nagiko, Heian-period author and court lady”)

• 大 (だい)納 (な)言 (ごん) (dainagon, “chief councilor”)
• 中 (ちゅう)納 (な)言 (ごん) (chūnagon, “middle councilor”)

From 少 (sunai-, “junior, lower”) +‎ 納言 (monomōsu-tsukasa‎, “councilor”).

少納言 (hiragana すないものもうすつかさ, rōmaji sunai monomōsu-tsukasa, historical hiragana すないものまうすつかさ)

1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser councilor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)

• 大 (おおい)納言 (ものもうすつかさ) (ōi monomōsu-tsukasa, “chief councilor”)
• 中 (なかの)納言 (ものもうすつかさ) (naka no monomōsu-tsukasa, “middle councilor”)

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

From 少 (sunai-, “junior, lower”) +‎ 物申し (monomōshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 物申す (monomōsu), “to object, speak”).

少納言 (hiragana すないものもうし, rōmaji sunai monomōshi, historical hiragana すないものまうし)

1. (historical, politics, archaic) a lesser councilor in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)

• 給 (きゅう)事 (じ)中 (ちゅう) (kyūjichū)