きょう
Kyou
卿 (Kyou) is a Japanese suffix meaning “Lord, Sir, state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)”.
Meanings
- suffixLord; Sirafter a name
- nounstate minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
Examples
ははあ、それではこの方がエブァンス卿夫人なのだ。
So this is Lady Evans.
どうぞ、ご自分のことをお話し下さい、アンソニー卿。
Tell me about yourself, please, Sir Anthony.
私はアンソニー卿のすばらしい話に夢中になっていました。
I was lost in Sir Anthony's wonderful story.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).