舎人;舍人(oK) | [しゃじん;とねり(gikun), shajin ; toneri (gikun)] (n) (1) servant; valet; footman; (2) (arch) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (3) (arch) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system); (4) (arch) ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy; (5) (See 宮内省) honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies [Add to Longdo] |