| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 大臣 | だいじん | cabinet minister |
| 総理大臣 | そうりだいじん | Prime Minister |
| 忠臣 | ちゅうしん | loyal retainer, loyal subject |
| 国務大臣 | こくむだいじん | Minister of State |
| 内大臣 | ないだいじん, うちのおとど, うちのおおまえつぎみ, うちのおおおみ | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE); Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE) |
| 家臣 | かしん | vassal, retainer |
| 臣 | おみ, しん | retainer, attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I (used by a servant when speaking to his master), me |
| 臣 | やつこ, つぶね, やつこらま | slave; retainer, servant; captive; varlet; I, me |
| 重臣 | じゅうしん | chief vassal, senior statesman |
| 遺臣 | いしん | surviving retainer |
