| 释义 |
‖ omi|ˈəʊmɪ|
Also, with prefixed ō- ‘great’.
[Jap.]
In early imperial Japan, a high-ranking administrative official claiming imperial ancestry (cf. muraji); a title of members of a family upon which such an office was bestowed.
1901[see muraji]. 1931G. B. Sansom Japan i. ii. 37 We have the ō-omi, or great ministers, who were appointed from among the heads of clans closely related to the imperial family. Ibid., The omi and muraji of lesser standing. 1964,1970[see muraji]. |