三さん百びゃく諸しょ侯こう

noun

all daimyo; the feudal lords

Historical term referring collectively to the daimyo (feudal lords) of Japan, especially in the Edo period. Literally 'three hundred lords', though the number is not exact.

• 三さん百びゃく諸しょ侯こうが参さん勤きん交こう代たいで江え戸どに集あつまった。

  All the daimyo gathered in Edo for the sankin kōtai.

• この政せい策さくは三さん百びゃく諸しょ侯こうの反はん発ぱつを招まねいた。

  This policy provoked opposition from the feudal lords.