子爵(ししゃく)

ししゃく
noun
viscount
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1. viscount
The fourth of the five ranks of the Japanese peerage (華族(かぞく)) set up in 1884 and abolished in 1947, below count (伯爵(はくしゃく)) and above baron (男爵(だんしゃく)). Also used to translate the European title.
彼(かれ)は子爵(ししゃく)の家(いえ)に生(う)まれた。
He was born into a viscount's family.
明治(めいじ)時代(じだい)、功績(こうせき)により子爵(ししゃく)を授(さず)けられた。
In the Meiji era he was made a viscount for his services.
その小説(しょうせつ)は、戦後(せんご)に没落(ぼつらく)していく子爵(ししゃく)家(け)の人々(ひとびと)を描(えが)いている。
The novel depicts a viscount's family as it declines after the war.

The five ranks, from highest: 公爵(こうしゃく) (prince or duke), 侯爵(こうしゃく) (marquis), 伯爵(はくしゃく) (count), 子爵(ししゃく) (viscount), 男爵(だんしゃく) (baron).

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