"司馬" meaning in Japanese

See 司馬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɕiba̠] Forms: 司馬 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Shiba [romanization]
Etymology: Literary Chinese 司馬 (sīmǎ) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|lzh|司馬|sort=しば}} Literary Chinese 司馬 (sīmǎ) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しば}} 司(し)馬(ば) • (Shiba)
  1. a surname from Chinese
    Sense id: en-司馬-ja-name-cgTcznke Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 32 38

Noun

IPA: [ɕiba̠] Forms: 司馬 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), shiba [romanization]
Etymology: Literary Chinese 司馬 (sīmǎ) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|lzh|司馬|sort=しば}} Literary Chinese 司馬 (sīmǎ) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しば}} 司(し)馬(ば) • (shiba)
  1. (historical, government, religion, military) a position in feudal China, responsible for certain bureaucratic, religious and military affairs Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-司馬-ja-noun-MVVYxc4q Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Government, Military, Religion, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 60 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 50 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 46 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 44 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 46 35 Disambiguation of Occupations: 7 80 14 Topics: government, lifestyle, military, politics, religion, war
  2. (historical, government) Synonym of 掾 (jō, “third-in-command of a 国司 (kokushi, “governorship”)”) (唐名 (karana, “Chinese designation”)) Tags: historical Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-司馬-ja-noun-qRFr4Rt9 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Government, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 32 38 Topics: government
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Download raw JSONL data for 司馬 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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