Word Meaning 御家人

ごけにん gokenin

御家人 is read as ごけにん (gokenin) and means immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods).

Meaning

English

immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
low-ranking vassal (of the shogun; Edo period)

Reading

Kana

ごけにん

Romaji

gokenin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 113399 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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御用人

ごようにん

manager

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

御雇外国人

おやといがいこくじん

hired foreigner

御三家

ごさんけ

three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)

御種人参

おたねにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

御家流

おいえりゅう

Oie school of calligraphy (based on the gyōsho style; popular in the Edo period)

上御一人

かみごいちにん

the emperor

借家人

しゃくやにん

tenant

家人

かじん

occupant of a house

人家

じんか

house

個人投資家

こじんとうしか

individual investor

人身御供

ひとみごくう

human sacrifice