お家騒動

おいえそうどう

Meanings

1. Noun family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble
2. internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period (orig. meaning)

Kanji

• 家 home. Read as いえ.
• 騒 noisy. Read as ソウ.
• 動 move. Read as ドウ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists