姓

two-character surname (in China); compound surname

Historical term

family name consisting of two combined names (in ancient Japan)

different surname; different family name

reverting to one's original family name; reverting to one's maiden name

one's current family name; woman's family name after she married

mother's family name

marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

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

farmer

fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name

use of separate surnames by a married couple

to assume a new surname

Derogatory

dirt-poor farmer

Derogatory

poor peasant; peasant farmer

uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)

unidentified; name unknown

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)

(system of) optional separate surnames for married couples

unorthodox reading of kanji (in compounds)

Historical term

peasant uprising (Edo period); peasants' revolt

Historical term

revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)

Rare term

varna (each of India's four castes)

Rare term

serf

Historical term

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

Archaic

clan

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)