奉行
Meanings
Noun
1. magistrate; shogunate administrator (Historical)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぶぎょう
Used in vocabulary
寺社奉行
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
Noun
五奉行
the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Noun
勘定奉行
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
Noun
焼肉奉行
person who fusses over how to grill and eat the meat at a yakiniku meal; yakiniku magistrate
Noun
浦賀奉行
Uraga magistrate (oversaw inspection of ships and cargo entering Edo Bay via Uraga; Edo period)
Noun