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奉行 ぶぎょう

  1. magistrate; shogunate administrator

奉行所 ぶぎょうしょ

  1. magistrate's office

町奉行 まちぶぎょう

  1. (Edo-period) town magistrate

寺社奉行 じしゃぶぎょう

  1. governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

鍋奉行 なべぶぎょう

  1. hotpot magistrate; person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table

五奉行 ごぶぎょう

  1. administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi; the five commissioners

長崎奉行 ながさきぶぎょう

  1. magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

勘定奉行 かんじょうぶぎょう

  1. chief financial official (Edo period); chief treasurer; commissioner of finance; paymaster
  2. chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

キリシタン奉行 キリシタンぶぎょう

  1. magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

焼肉奉行 やきにくぶぎょう

  1. person who fusses over how to grill and eat the meat at a yakiniku meal; yakiniku magistrate
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