Prestige

Japanese: 威信 - いしん
Prestige
〘 noun 〙 The dignity shown to others and the trust that others place in him. Power and popularity. ※Kan'ei-published Hon Mokyu - sho (around 1529) 9 "In his three years of life, he pacified the barbarians outside the borders and brought them back to his prestige." ※Omoide-no-ki (1900-01)〈Tokutomi Roka〉 6 "Even if he says he has returned to his post now, it is because it concerns the prestige of the school." 〔Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Biography of Guo Huo〕

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Japanese:
〘名〙 人に示す威厳と、人から寄せられる信望。威勢と人望。※寛永刊本蒙求抄(1529頃)九「三歳居て徼(きょう)外の蛮夷(ばんい)を撫て威信に帰附させたぞ」※思出の記(1900‐01)〈徳富蘆花〉六「今更復職と云ふも学校の威信に関する訳で」 〔後漢書‐郭伋伝〕

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