"左衛門" meaning in Japanese

See 左衛門 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [sa̠e̞mõ̞ɴ] Forms: 左衛門 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (もん)), Saemon [romanization], Sawemon [romanization], さゑもん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|さえもん|hhira=さゑもん}} 左(さ)衛(え)門(もん) • (Saemon) ^(←さゑもん (Sawemon)?)
  1. clipping of 左衛門府 (Saemonfu) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 左衛門府 (extra: Saemonfu)
    Sense id: en-左衛門-ja-name-XchKtXmz Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Suffix

IPA: [sa̠e̞mõ̞ɴ] Forms: 左衛門 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (もん)), -zaemon [romanization], -zawemon [romanization], ざゑもん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|ざえもん|hhira=ざゑもん}} 左(ざ)衛(え)門(もん) • (-zaemon) ^(←ざゑもん (-zawemon)?)
  1. (dated) suffix for male given names Tags: dated, morpheme Related terms: 右衛門 (Uemon) (ruby: (), (), (もん))
    Sense id: en-左衛門-ja-suffix-h7D30GBF Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
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          "ruby": [
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              "藤",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "左",
              "ざ"
            ],
            [
              "衛",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "門",
              "もん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "藤左衛門 ― Tōzaemon ― Tōzaemon"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "十",
              "じゅう"
            ],
            [
              "郎",
              "ろう"
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            [
              "左",
              "ざ"
            ],
            [
              "衛",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "門",
              "もん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "十郎左衛門 ― Jūrōzaemon ― Jūrōzaemon"
        }
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              "右",
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            [
              "衛",
              "え"
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              "門",
              "もん"
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Download raw JSONL data for 左衛門 meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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