殿様

とのさま · tonosama · JLPT N1 · noun

feudal lord

👑 殿 (palace, lord) + 様 (honorific sama) = honored lord of the palace

殿 means palace or lord, and 様 is the polite suffix sama. Together they name a feudal lord, a local ruler in Japan's Edo-period domain system.

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