- 1. [n] deputy who went to the battlefield in his lord's stead (Muromachi period onward) (hist)
- 2. [n] provisional regent (standing in for an underage lord; Muromachi period onward) (hist)
- 3. [n] official left in charge of a jin'ya in a lord's absence; local magistrate (hist)
Kanji in this word
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陣
camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief timeOn: ジン (jin)
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代
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, feeOn: ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)Kun: か.わる (ka.waru)、 かわ.る (kawa.ru)、 かわ.り (kawa.ri)、 か.わり (ka.wari)、 -がわ.り (-gawa.ri)、 -が.わり (-ga.wari)、 か.える (ka.eru)、 よ (yo)、 しろ (shiro)