| 旗本 | [はたもと, hatamoto] (n) shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun #7,777 [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] |