Etymology

kwazoku

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Today it means: A Meiji-era Japanese noble, one who would formerly have been classed as a samurai or a daimyo. Full definition →

Japanese 華族
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from華族
  2. English todaykwazoku

Archaic romanization of Japanese 華族 (kazoku), reflecting the former spelling of くわぞく.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.