くわぞく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くわぞく – see the following entry.

【華族かぞく】 [noun] (historical) Japanese aristocratic (peerage) system that existed from 1869 to 1947 [noun] (historical) an aristocrat (peer) in the Imperial court during that period [proper noun] synonym of 清華家 (Seiga-ke), an aristocratic family of the Japanese empire Alternative spellings かしょく, かそく

(This term, くわぞく (kwazoku), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)