伯

Meaning

伯 centers on a person of high rank or seniority: a chief, a noble title like count or earl, or an elder male relative such as an uncle. The Brazil meaning is a modern abbreviation unrelated to the core idea.

• 伯父さんおじさん
  N5

  uncle

• 伯爵はくしゃく

  count; earl

• 伯父えおじ

  uncle (one's father's older brother)

• 伯はく

  count; earl

• 画伯がはく

  master painter; great artist

• 伯母さんおばさん
  N5

  aunt

• 伯楽ばくろう

  cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle

• 伯耆ほうき

  Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

• 伯備線はくびせん

  Hakubi Line (West Tottori-Okayama railway)

• 伯仲はくちゅう

  being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested

• サンパウロ日伯援護協会サンパウロにっぱくえんごきょうかい

  Beneficência Nipo-Brasileira de São Paulo (Japanese association in Brazil)

• モンテクリスト伯モンテクリストはく

  The Count of Monte Cristo (1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas)

• 伯亜はくあ

  Brazil and Argentina; Brazilian-Argentine

• 伯人はくじん

  Brazilian (person)

• 伯兄はっけい

  the eldest son

• 伯叔はくしゅく

  brothers; one's father's brothers

• 伯国はっこく

  Brazil

• 伯夫人はくふじん

  countess

• 伯家神道はっけしんとう

  Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto

• 伯母ちゃんおばちゃん

  auntie; older woman

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