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姓
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
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)
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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.
2
farming
3
Derogatory
country bumpkin; yokel
4
the common people
1
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
change of one's family name
Examples
家名を嵯峨と改姓したのは明治3年でした。
It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.
2
changed family name
1
the four Hindu castes
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Historical term
the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
