中務

中務

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	務
なか Grade: 1	つかさ Grade: 5
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

From 中 (naka, “center, middle”) +‎ 司 (tsukasa, “position”).

Proper noun

中(なか)務(つかさ) • (Nakatsukasa) 

1. (historical, government) Clipping of 中務省 (Nakatsukasa-shō): the Ministry of the Center under the imperial 律令 (Ritsuryo) system
2. mid-Heian period poet and one of the 三十六歌仙 (Sanjūrokkasen, “thirty-six immortals of poetry”)

See also

• 伊(い)勢(せ) (Ise)