姓

Meaning

姓 centers on the family name passed down through generations, often associated with lineage and birth.

• 姓せい
  N2

  surname; family name

• 百姓ひゃくしょう
  N1

  farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand

• 同姓どうせい
  N1

  same surname

• 別姓べっせい

  different surname

• 姓名せいめい
  N1

  (full) name; family name and given name

• 旧姓きゅうせい
  N2

  one's original family name; maiden name

• 小姓こしょう

  (noble's) page

• 改姓かいせい

  change of one's family name

• お百姓さんおひゃくしょうさん

  farmer

• どん百姓どんびゃくしょう

  dirt-poor farmer

• 下姓げしょう

  person of humble birth

• 中小姓ちゅうごしょう

  low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

• 他姓たせい

  another surname

• 俗姓ぞくしょう

  secular surname (of a priest)

• 元姓げんせい

  former surname; original surname

• 八姓はっせい

  eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

• 八色の姓やくさのかばね

  eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

• 別姓婚べっせいこん

  marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

• 同姓同名どうせいどうめい

  having the same family name and given name (as someone else)

• 四姓しせい

  the four Hindu castes

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