陣屋|じんやjin'ya[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounencampment
  2. nounofficial residence (of a magistrate or minor feudal lord); administrative headquarters (of a minor daimyo or shogunate deputy)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym陣営じんえいNeutralBroader than 「陣屋」: a military camp, but also, figuratively, a political faction, as in 「与党陣営」.
  • Synonym陣所じんしょWrittenRare, bookish word for a place where troops are stationed; close in sense to the camp meaning of 「陣屋」.
  • Related宿営しゅくえいNeutralTroops billeting or camping for the night; stresses the act of staying, not a building, and is still used by the Self-Defense Forces today.
  • Related陣じんNeutralBattle formation or camp, and a common suffix for a group of people, as in 「報道陣」; far wider in use than 「陣屋」.
  • Related野営やえいNeutralCamping in the open field; stresses open-air lodging, not fixed barracks.
  • RelatedキャンプNeutralLoanword for camping or a training camp; a modern everyday word with none of the historical coloring of 「陣屋」.
  • Related営所えいしょWrittenRare, bookish word for barracks; stresses soldiers' quarters and never an official residence like 「陣屋」.
  • Related軍営ぐんえいWrittenRare, bookish word for a military camp; in everyday speech 「陣営」 is the usual choice.
  • Related軍陣ぐんじんWrittenRare, bookish word for a military camp or battlefield; stresses the drawing up of troops in formation.
  • Related幕営ばくえいWrittenRare, bookish word for a camp screened off with curtains all around, or for camping in tents; the focus is on the enclosed campsite.
  • Related露営ろえいWrittenRare, bookish word for bivouacking in the open; synonymous with 「野営」.
  • Related幕舎ばくしゃWrittenRare, bookish word for makeshift barracks; stresses simple, temporary lodging.

Use 「陣屋」 for an Edo-period official residence or headquarters of a castle-less daimyo or a daikan. For a military camp or a political faction pick 「陣営」; for camping out choose 「野営」 or the everyday 「キャンプ」. 「陣」 is broader, also a group suffix as in 「報道陣」; most of the rest are rare, bookish military terms.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 兵士へいしの営所えいしょ。軍営ぐんえい。
  2. 江戸えど時代じだい、城しろを持もたない大名だいみょうの居所いどころ。
  3. 郡代ぐんだい、代官だいかんの居所いどころ。
  4. 宿衛しゅくえいする人ひとの詰所つめしょ。
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