Etymology

jito

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Today it means: A medieval steward of territory in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates. Full definition →

Japanese 地頭
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from地頭
  2. English todayjito

From Japanese 地頭.

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