進士

しんし, しんじ, しじshinshi

noun

  1. palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature)
  2. someone who has passed this examination
  3. examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences