はく
伯
N5Common wordNoun
Noun
count•earl
Noun
chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)
Noun
Brazil
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公・侯・伯・子・男は華族の爵位である。
Duke, marquis, count, viscount, and baron are the ranks of the peerage.
彼の家柄は侯より下、子より上の伯だった。
His family rank was count — below marquis and above viscount.
明治時代、多くの華族が伯の位を授けられた。
In the Meiji era, many peerage families were granted the rank of count.
伯の爵位を持つ者は貴族院議員に選ばれることもあった。
Those who held the rank of count could sometimes be elected to the House of Peers.