あそん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あそん – see the following entry.

【朝臣】 [noun] (historical) the second-highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”) [from 675 CE] [noun] (historical) a title given to powerful courtiers and members of the imperial family up to the fourth rank [since the Heian period] [pronoun] (archaic) second-person pronoun used as a form of mutual respect among courtiers, equivalent to あなた (anata) or 君 (kimi) Alternative spellings あそう, あっそん

(This term, あそん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)