| junior-grade | (adj) inferior in rank or status, Syn. petty, subaltern, lowly, secondary, lower-ranking |
| lower-ranking | adj. inferior in rank or status. |
| 御家人;ご家人 | [ごけにん, gokenin] (n) lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods #16,420 [Add to Longdo] |
| 旗本八万騎 | [はたもとはちまんき, hatamotohachimanki] (n) (arch) (See 旗本・はたもと) the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals [Add to Longdo] |