弾だん正じょう

noun

judge of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office; judicial officer; minister of justice

Historical title for an official in the ritsuryō system who oversaw legal investigations and prosecutions. Equivalent to a high-ranking judicial officer or minister of justice in ancient Japan.

• 弾だん正じょうは律りつ令りょう制せい下かで不ふ正せいを調ちょう査さする役やく職しょくだった。

  The danjō was a position in the ritsuryō system that investigated misconduct.

noun

Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office

Abbreviation of 弾正台 (Danjōdai), the office itself. Used in historical contexts.

See also: 弾正台

• 弾だん正じょうは、正せい式しきには弾だん正じょう台だいと呼よばれる役やく所しょの略りゃく称しょうである。

  Danjō is an abbreviation for the office formally called Danjōdai.