姓
姓

surname

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素性素姓種姓素生すじょうそせい (素性／素生)しゅせい (種姓)すぞう (素姓)しゅしょう (種姓)NounFreq #6980
1

birth; lineage; parentage; origin

2

identity; background; history; past

Examples
ぜんぜん素性の分からない人間を軽々しく信用してはならぬ。
Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about.
3

provenance; origin

姓せいしょうそうNounFreq #12369
1

surname; family name

Examples
あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。
How do you pronounce your last name?
2

せい only

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

百姓ひゃくしょうNounFreq #13757
1

Sensitive

farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand

Examples
お百姓さんはそれを聞いて喜ぶに違いない。
The farmers must be happy to hear that.
2

farming

3

Derogatory

country bumpkin; yokel

4

the common people

小姓こしょうNounFreq #24032
1

(noble's) page

姓名せいめいNounFreq #32104
1

(full) name; family name and given name

旧姓きゅうせいNounFreq #34076
1

one's original family name; maiden name

同姓同名どうせいどうめいNoun～の Adj.Freq #43258
1

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

Examples
私は自分と同姓同名の女性を知っている。
I know a woman whose first and last names are the same as mine.
漢姓かんせいNounFreq #50997
1

Chinese surname; Chinese family name

百姓家ひゃくしょうやNounFreq #57913
1

farmer's home

同姓どうせいNoun～の Adj.Freq #63551
1

same surname

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