Joro was commonly called "Dainagon no Tsubone," "Chunagon no Tsubone," "Saemon no Kami," "Sochi," "Ichii no Tsubone," "Nii no Tsubone," "Sanmi no Tsubone," and so on, whereas joro of slightly lower ranks were commonly called "Azechi."
上臈には『大納言局』、『中納言局』、『左衛門督』、『帥』、『一位局』、『二位局』、『三位局』などとつけ、少々低いところには『按察使』とつける。