お雇い外国人;御雇外国人 | [おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era [Add to Longdo] |
五摂家 | [ごせっけ, gosekke] (n) (See 摂関) the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period [Add to Longdo] |
摂家 | [せっけ, sekke] (n) (line of) regents and advisers (advisors) [Add to Longdo] |
摂関 | [せっかん, sekkan] (n) regents and advisers (advisors) [Add to Longdo] |
摂関家 | [せっかんけ, sekkanke] (n) line of regents and advisers (advisors) [Add to Longdo] |