This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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総領

惣領、總領
そうりょう
eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; child who carries on the family name; pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
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惣菜

総菜
そうざい
side dish; daily (household) dish
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全て

総て、凡て、惣て、渾て、総べて
すべて
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all
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惣嫁

総嫁
そうか
(Edo period) streetwalker
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惣管領

そうかんりょう
(hist.) governor-general
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惣社

総社
そうじゃ
shrine enshrining several gods
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宗太鰹

惣太鰹
そうだがつお、ソウダガツオ
frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)
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助宗鱈

助惣鱈
すけそうだら、スケソウダラ
walleye pollack; Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)
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惣菜店

そうざいてん
delicatessen; deli
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惣領制

そうりょうせい
soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)