| 侍 | [さむらい(P);さぶらい, samurai (P); saburai] (n) (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (さぶらい only) (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (P) #4,255 [Add to Longdo] |
| 家臣 | [かしん, kashin] (n, adj-no) vassal; retainer #4,899 [Add to Longdo] |
| 臣 | [おみ;しん, omi ; shin] (n) (1) (arch) retainer; attendant; (2) (おみ only) (See 八色の姓) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); (3) (しん only) (hum) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me #5,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 臣;奴;僕 | [やつこ(臣;奴);つぶね(奴);やつこらま, yatsuko ( shin ; yatsu ); tsubune ( yatsu ); yatsukorama] (n) (1) (やつこ only) (arch) slave; (2) retainer; servant; (3) (やつこ only) captive; (4) (やつこ only) (derog) varlet; (5) (やつこ only) (hum) I; me #5,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 旗本 | [はたもと, hatamoto] (n) shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun #7,777 [Add to Longdo] |
| 藩士 | [はんし, hanshi] (n) feudal retainer or warrior #8,950 [Add to Longdo] |
| 家老 | [かろう, karou] (n) chief retainer; daimyo's minister #9,948 [Add to Longdo] |
| 家人 | [けにん, kenin] (n) retainer #17,357 [Add to Longdo] |
| お付き;御付き | [おつき, otsuki] (n) retainer; attendant; escort [Add to Longdo] |
| 遺臣 | [いしん, ishin] (n) surviving retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 塩梅 | [えんばい, enbai] (n) (1) (arch) (originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar) seasoning; flavour; flavor; (2) (arch) serving one's lord well (of a retainer) [Add to Longdo] |
| 下臣 | [かしん, kashin] (n) low-rank retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 下剋上;下克上 | [げこくじょう, gekokujou] (n) juniors dominating seniors; retainer supplanting his lord [Add to Longdo] |
| 家来(P);家礼;家頼 | [けらい, kerai] (n) retainer; retinue; servant; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 義士 | [ぎし, gishi] (n) loyal retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 義臣 | [ぎしん, gishin] (n) loyal retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 逆臣 | [ぎゃくしん, gyakushin] (n) treacherous retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 旧臣 | [きゅうしん, kyuushin] (n) old retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 勤番 | [きんばん, kinban] (n) taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo) [Add to Longdo] |
| 群臣 | [ぐんしん, gunshin] (n) a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects [Add to Longdo] |
| 権臣 | [けんしん, kenshin] (n) influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier [Add to Longdo] |
| 賢臣 | [けんしん, kenshin] (n) wise and able retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 御用人 | [ごようにん, goyounin] (n) (hon) (See 用人・1) manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 功臣 | [こうしん, koushin] (n) meritorious retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 三羽烏 | [さんばがらす, sanbagarasu] (n) trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers [Add to Longdo] |
| 侍所 | [さむらいどころ;さぶらいどころ, samuraidokoro ; saburaidokoro] (n) (1) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; (2) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 主従 | [しゅうじゅう;しゅじゅう, shuujuu ; shujuu] (n) master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee [Add to Longdo] |
| 彰義隊 | [しょうぎたい, shougitai] (n) (See 上野戦争) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) [Add to Longdo] |
| 上足 | [じょうそく, jousoku] (n) high retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 臣下 | [しんか, shinka] (n, adj-no) retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 臣事 | [しんじ, shinji] (n, vs) serving as a retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 人臣 | [じんしん, jinshin] (n) subjects; retainers [Add to Longdo] |
| 着手金 | [ちゃくしゅきん, chakushukin] (n) retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer) [Add to Longdo] |
| 忠臣 | [ちゅうしん, chuushin] (n) loyal retainer; loyal subject; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 寵臣 | [ちょうしん, choushin] (n) favored retainer; favoured retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 朝賀 | [ちょうが, chouga] (n) New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor [Add to Longdo] |
| 定詰;定詰め | [じょうづめ, joudume] (n, vs) (1) (obsc) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (n) (2) (arch) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and; or served in Edo for a fixed period of time [Add to Longdo] |
| 馬回り | [うままわり, umamawari] (n) a daimyo's (mounted) guards or retainers [Add to Longdo] |
| 陪侍 | [ばいじ, baiji] (n) retainer; attending on the nobility [Add to Longdo] |
| 陪臣 | [ばいしん, baishin] (n) rear vassal; daimyo's retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 叛臣;反臣 | [はんしん, hanshin] (n) rebellious retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 被官;被管 | [ひかん, hikan] (n) (1) lower government office (ritsuryo period); (2) servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; (3) servant of an urban family; (4) (See 被官百姓) serf [Add to Longdo] |
| 武臣 | [ぶしん, bushin] (n) military retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 腹心 | [ふくしん, fukushin] (n, adj-no) one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 偏諱を賜う | [へんきをたまう, henkiwotamau] (exp, v5u) (arch) (of a nobleperson) to bestow one of the kanji in one's name upon someone (e.g. a meritorious retainer, a boy coming of age, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 俸祿;俸禄 | [ほうろく, houroku] (n) retainer's stipend; official pay; salary [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕臣 | [ばくしん, bakushin] (n) shogunate retainer or vassal [Add to Longdo] |
| 又家来 | [またげらい, matagerai] (n) secondary retainer [Add to Longdo] |
| 用人 | [ようにん, younin] (n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person [Add to Longdo] |
| 歴仕 | [れきし, rekishi] (n) (successive lords) using the same retainers [Add to Longdo] |
