jmdict 2582740 Active (id#2294152)
並び大名
ならびだいみょう
  1. [n]
    • someone who has a title but no real duty
    • useless person
  2. [n] {kabuki}
    《original meaning》
    • actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1415080 大名 1. daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
History:
    • A 2024-03-12 05:25:21 Jim Breen (id#2294152)
    • A* 2024-03-12 02:15:54 Stephen Kraus (id#2294115)
    • Comments
      Frivolous x-ref
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      ╭─ーーーー─┬─────╮
      │ 並び大名 │ 398 │
      │ 並大名  │  27 │
      ╰─ーーーー─┴─────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +11,0 @@
      -<xref type="see" seq="1707670">取り巻き</xref>
    • A 2023-01-08 10:26:33 Marcus Richert (id#2218429)
    • Diff
      @@ -19 +19 @@
      -<xref type="see" seq="1415080">大名</xref>
      +<field>&kabuki;</field>
      @@ -21 +21 @@
      -<gloss>actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki)</gloss>
      +<gloss>actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background</gloss>
    • A 2010-09-20 18:34:50 Rene Malenfant
    • Diff
      @@ -11,1 +11,0 @@
      -<pos>&exp;</pos>
      @@ -19,1 +18,3 @@
      -<gloss>In kabuki, someone who plays the role of a daimyo (feudal lord) but who is merely a background actor</gloss>
      +<xref type="see" seq="1415080">大名</xref>
      +<s_inf>original meaning</s_inf>
      +<gloss>actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki)</gloss>
    • A* 2010-09-20 15:49:27 Scott
    • Comments
      I don't like gg5's translation (nominal boss)
    • Refs
      koj daij
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