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伯爵 (はくしゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

伯はく爵しゃく

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Meanings

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count; earl

A noble title ranking below marquess and above viscount. In British peerage, equivalent to earl; in continental Europe, count. Cross-referenced with the five-rank peerage system (五等爵).

See also: 五等爵

彼かれは伯はく爵しゃくの称しょう号

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He holds the title of count.

その伯はく爵しゃくは広こう大だいな領りょう地ちを所しょ有ゆうしていた。

The earl owned vast estates.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が伯はく爵しゃくになるfor someone to become a count/earl
彼かれは父ちちの死し後ご、伯はく爵しゃくになった。
He became a count after his father's death.
伯はく爵しゃくの位くらいを継つぐto inherit the title of count/earl
長ちょう男なんが伯はく爵しゃくの位くらいを継ついだ。
The eldest son inherited the earldom.

Kanji

伯chief, count, earl
爵baron, peerage, court rank

Related words

伯はく
伯爵 is the full, standalone title for count/earl, while 伯 is a shorter form mainly used inside compound words.

Don't confuse with

侯こう爵しゃく
伯爵 is the rank of count/earl, while 侯爵 is the rank directly above it, marquess.
子し爵しゃく
伯爵 (count/earl) ranks above 子爵 (viscount) in the five-rank peerage system.
男だん爵しゃく
伯爵 (count/earl) is a middle rank, while 男爵 (baron) is the lowest of the five peerage titles.
公こう爵しゃく
公爵 is a duke, the highest peerage rank, while 伯爵 is a count/earl, a middle rank, and the similar 爵-ending forms are easy to mix up.

Word family

伯はく爵しゃく夫ふ人じん
countess

Etymology

From Chinese 伯爵 (bójué), a title in the ancient Chinese nobility system, adopted into Japanese as part of the kazoku peerage system in the Meiji era.