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姓, せい, しょう, そう

1. surname, family name

Only せい, See 姓・かばね・1

2. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。

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姓, かばね

1. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

Archaism

2. clan

あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。

旧姓, きゅうせい

See 現姓・げんせい

one's original family name, maiden name

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同姓, どうせい

May take 'no', Antonym: 異姓

same surname

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百姓, ひゃくしょう

Sensitive

1. farmer, peasant, farm laborer, farmhand

2. farming

Derogatory

3. country bumpkin, yokel

See 百姓・ひゃくせい

4. the common people

お百姓さんはそれを聞いて喜ぶに違いない。

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百姓, ひゃくせい

the common people

お百姓さんはそれを聞いて喜ぶに違いない。

異姓, いせい

Antonym: 同姓

different surname, different family name

下姓, げしょう

person of humble birth

姓氏, せいし

full name, family name

俗姓, ぞくしょう, ぞくせい

secular surname (of a priest)

他姓, たせい

another surname

外姓, がいせい

mother's family name

四姓, しせい, ししょう

1. the four Hindu castes

historical term

2. the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)

元姓, げんせい

former surname, original surname

八姓, はっせい

See 八色の姓, Archaism

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

現姓, げんせい

See 旧姓・きゅうせい

one's current family name, woman's family name after she married

漢姓, かんせい

Chinese surname, Chinese family name

別姓, べっせい

1. different surname

See 夫婦別姓, Abbreviation

2. married couple maintaining separate surnames

複姓, ふくせい

1. two-character surname (in China), compound surname

historical term

2. family name consisting of two combined names (in ancient Japan)

復姓, ふくせい

Takes suru, Intransitive

reverting to one's original family name, reverting to one's maiden name

新姓, しんせい

new surname (after marrying, etc.)

改姓, かいせい

Takes suru, Intransitive

1. change of one's family name

2. changed family name

家名を嵯峨と改姓したのは明治３年でした。

姓名, せいめい

(full) name, family name and given name

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百姓家, ひゃくしょうや

farmer's home

小百姓, こびゃくしょう

peasant, small farmer

四種姓, ししゅせい

See ヴァルナ, Rare

varna (each of India's four castes)

中小姓, 中小性, ちゅうごしょう

low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

本百姓, ほんびゃくしょう

Archaism

freeholding farmer, freeholding peasant

別姓婚, べっせいこん

See 夫婦別姓

marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

水呑百姓, 水呑み百姓, 水飲み百姓, みずのみびゃくしょう

Derogatory

poor peasant, peasant farmer

氏姓制度, しせいせいど

See 氏・うじ・1, See 姓・かばね・1

uji-kabane system, system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)

夫婦別姓, ふうふべっせい

use of separate surnames by a married couple

同姓同名, どうせいどうめい

May take 'no'

having the same family name and given name (as someone else)

私は自分と同姓同名の女性を知っている。

易姓革命, えきせいかくめい

yojijukugo, historical term

revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)