惣

Vocabulary (12)

• 惣嫁

  そうか

  (Edo period) streetwalker

• 惣管領

  そうかんりょう

  (hist.) governor-general

• 惣無事令

  そうぶじれい

  1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

• 宗太鰹

  そうだがつお

  frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)

• 惣門

  そうもん

  main gate

• 惣構

  そうがまえ

  outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

• 惣

  そう

  rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

• 惣菜店

  そうざいてん

  shop selling prepared food

• 惣社

  そうじゃ

  shrine enshrining several gods

• 惣髪

  そうはつ

  wearing one's hair knotted in the back

• 惣菜

  そうざい

  small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal)

• 惣領制

  そうりょうせい

  sōryō system