勲くん位い

noun

order of merit; decoration rank

Historical Japanese honorific rank conferred alongside medals or orders of merit, especially under the pre-1947 system. Now primarily encountered in historical or formal contexts.

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは勲くん位いを授じゅ与よされたことがある。

  His grandfather was once awarded an order of merit.

• 勲くん位いの制せい度どは戦せん後ごに廃はい止しされた。

  The system of decoration ranks was abolished after the war.