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姓
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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?
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せい only
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
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Historical term
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); kabane
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Archaic
clan
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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.
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provenance; origin
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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.
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farming
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Derogatory
country bumpkin; yokel
4
the common people
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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.
