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姓せいCommon wordN2Nounssurname; family name · hereditary title (ancient Japan)
百姓ひゃくしょうCommon wordN1Nounsfarming · country bumpkin; yokel · the common people
同姓どうせいCommon wordN1Nounssame surname; same family name
別姓べっせいNounsdifferent surname; separate family name · married couple keeping separate surnames
姓名せいめいCommon wordN1Nounsfull name; family name and given name
旧姓きゅうせいCommon wordN2Nounsformer surname; maiden name
小姓こしょうNounspage; noble's attendant
改姓かいせいNounschange of family name; family name change · changed family name; new surname
下姓げしょうNounsperson of humble birth
中小姓ちゅうごしょうNounslow-ranking samurai attendant; shogun's guard on outings
他姓たせいNounsanother surname; different family name
俗姓ぞくしょうNounssecular surname (of a priest)
元姓げんせいNounsformer surname; original surname
八姓はっせいNounseight hereditary titles of 684 CE
八色の姓やくさのかばねNounseight hereditary titles (684 CE)
別姓婚べっせいこんNounsmarriage keeping separate surnames
同姓同名どうせいどうめいNounssame full name; identical surname and given name
四姓しせいNounsthe four Hindu castes · the four great families of the Heian period
四種姓ししゅせいNounsvarna (each of India's four castes)
ど百姓どびゃくしょうNounsfarmer; peasant
外姓がいせいNounsmother's family name
夫婦別姓ふうふべっせいNounsseparate surnames for married couples
姓かばねNounshereditary title; kabane · clan
姓名不詳せいめいふしょうNounsunidentified; name unknown
姓名判断せいめいはんだんNounsname-based fortune-telling
姓が変わるせいがかわるExpressionsto assume a new surname; to change one's family name
姓氏せいしNounsfull name; family name
小百姓こびゃくしょうNounssmall farmer; peasant
復姓ふくせいNounsreverting to one's original family name; reverting to one's maiden name
新姓しんせいNounsnew surname
新撰姓氏録しんせんしょうじろくNounsShinsen Shōjiroku (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names, 815 CE)
易姓革命えきせいかくめいNounsrevolution decreed by Heaven; change of dynasty based on moral virtue
本姓ほんせいNounsreal surname; original family name
本百姓ほんびゃくしょうNounsfreeholding farmer (Edo period)
氏姓制度しせいせいどNounsuji-kabane system; clan and hereditary title system
水呑百姓みずのみびゃくしょうNounspoor peasant; peasant farmer
漢姓かんせいNounsChinese surname; Chinese family name
現姓げんせいNounscurrent family name; married name
異姓いせいNounsdifferent surname; different family name
百姓ひゃくせいNounsthe common people; the masses