列れっ侯こう

noun

many daimyo; assembled feudal lords

Historical term referring to a group of daimyo, especially in the context of the Edo period or earlier. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、列れっ侯こうが将しょう軍ぐんに謁えっ見けんするために江え戸どに集あつまった。

  In the Edo period, many daimyo gathered in Edo to have an audience with the shogun.