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：2026/01/06
左衛門
Hiragana
ざえもん
Suffix
dated
morpheme
Japanese Meaning
男性の実名に付ける古風な接尾辞で、武家や町人などに用いられた名乗りの一部。たとえば「五左衛門」「庄左衛門」などの形で用いられる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしのおとこのなまえのうしろにつけることばのひとつ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日语中旧时用于男性名字的后缀 / 古式男性人名后缀
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日語男性人名的舊式接尾詞 / 舊時用於男性名字的字尾
Korean Meaning
일본에서 남성 이름에 붙이던 옛 접미사 / 남자 이름에서 쓰인 고어적 접미사
Vietnamese Meaning
hậu tố cổ trong tên nam Nhật Bản / hậu tố (xưa) dùng cho tên gọi nam giới
Tagalog Meaning
makalumang hulapi sa mga pangalang panlalaki sa Hapon / hulaping idinudugtong noon sa mga pangalang lalaki / sinaunang hulapi sa pangalan ng lalaki
Sense（1）
(dated) suffix for male given names
（ canonical ）
（ romanization ）
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana historical ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
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左衛門
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His name is Tanaka Saeimon.
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彼の名前は田中左衛門です。
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