姓

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

change of one's family name

changed family name

peasant; small farmer

different surname

Abbreviation

married couple maintaining separate surnames

Derogatory

dirt-poor farmer

Derogatory

poor peasant; peasant farmer

the four Hindu castes

Historical term

the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)

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

the common people

secular surname (of a priest)

former surname; original surname

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

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

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

(system of) optional separate surnames for married couples

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

mother's family name

unorthodox reading of kanji (in compounds)

marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

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)

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

Rare term

varna (each of India's four castes)

freeholding farmer; freeholding peasant