Illustration: At an Edo town magistrate's office, the magistrate sits in formal kamishimo on a raised tatami platform facing a gravel hearing courtyard. Two townspeople kneel below, each gripping an end of the same damaged carrying pole, while an attendant holds the broken basket that caused their dispute.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

奉ぶ行ぎょう

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magistrate

A historical title for an administrator. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 豊臣政権とよとみせいけんの五ご奉行ぶぎょうの一人ひとり。

    He was one of the five major magistrates in Toyotomi’s government.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. その後ご、寺社じしゃ奉行ぶぎょうを都合二度つごうにど、更さらには老中ろうじゅうを務つとめた。

    Later, he worked as the magistrate of temples and shrine twice, and as a member of shogun’s council of elders.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 侍所別当さむらいどころべっとうの義盛よしもりは軍ぐん奉行ぶぎょうとしてこの軍勢ぐんぜいに従軍じゅうぐんしている。

    Samurai-dokoro betto Yoshimori joined these troops as a military commissioner.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 奉行

  • 奉observance; offerOnホウ・ブKunたてまつる・まつる・ほうずる
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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