麻生 Traditional form: 麻生 Pinyin (reading): Máshēng Definitions: Asō (name) ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009 Characters: 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth Traditional characters: 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth