Crown holder - Crown

Japanese: 冠者 - かんじゃ

〘 noun 〙① A boy who has come of age and puts on a crown. By extension, a person of a young age. A young person. Also, a weak person. Kaza. Kanza. Kaja. ※Konjaku (around 1120) 29 "When he was serving the Imperial Court in a place where he could be a kwanja (a nobleman) " [Analects of Confucius - Shinshin] ② A title for a person of sixth rank who did not hold an official position. Kaja. ※Azuma Kagami - September 10, 1180 (Jisho 4) "He attacked the castle of Suga _no kwanja, a Taira clansman, _in Otagirigo, Ina County. The kwanja _heard about this" ※Jikkunsho (1252) 1 "Lord Masafusa was still without an official position and was a kwanja (a nobleman)" ③ A young servant. A retainer. A vassal. Kaja. ※Shokyo edition Shasekishu (1283), 8th chapter, "The vassals of the court are afraid, knowing the will of their master" [Eloquence] "Kuwasa no Kimi" in "Genji - Otome" is written without the glottal stop, but from the Middle Ages onwards, the word form "Kuwaja" with the glottal stop omitted was used. From "Amakusa edition Heike Monogatari" and "Unpo Ikiha" (1589), it is believed that "Kuwaja" had become quite common at the latest by the mid-Muromachi period, and was used alongside the conventional "Kwanja".

Ka- jakwa [crown]

〘Noun〙 (without the glottal stop "n" in "kanja") ① = kanja (crown priest) ① ※From the Kotohira Honpōgen period (around 1220) "That kuhaja ( _{crown priest} ) will probably be 17 or 18 years old this year." ② = kanja (crown priest) ②③ = kanja (crown priest) ③ ※From Toraakira's Kyogen and Kuwamana (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "That's what the kuhaja (crown priest) would say to the customer."

Ka- zakwa [crown]

〘 noun 〙 (the form of "kanja" (crown holder) without the glottal stop and without the direct sound) A boy who has come of age. ※Genji (around 1001-14) Maiden "Kuwaza no Kimi no sama, <abbreviated> you look beautiful to me."

Kanzakwan ... [crown]

〘 noun 〙 = Kanja (captain) ① ※ Genji (around 1001-14) Kiritsubo "The fire-covered throne is in front of the throne of the Minister of the Court."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 元服して冠をつけた少年。転じて、弱年の者。若者。また、弱輩者。かざ。かんざ。かじゃ。※今昔（1120頃か）二九「其の冠者(くゎんじゃ)可然き所に宮仕へしける程に」〔論語‐先進〕② 六位で、無官の人の称。かじゃ。※吾妻鏡‐治承四年（1180）九月一〇日「襲_二到于平氏方人菅冠者伊那郡大田切郷之城_一。冠者聞_レ之」※十訓抄（1252）一「匡房卿いまだ無官にて、江冠者とて有りけるを」③ 召使の若者。従者。家来。かじゃ。※貞享版沙石集（1283）八「郎等冠者ばら、主の心を知りて恐れて」[語誌]「源氏‐乙女」に「くわさの君」とあるのは、撥音無表記の形だが、中世以降、実際に撥音を省略した「クヮジャ」という語形が行なわれるようになる。「天草版平家物語」、また、天正一七年本「運歩色葉」などから、遅くとも、室町中期までには、「クヮジャ」もかなり一般的になり、従来の「クヮンジャ」と並び行なわれていたと考えられる。