Word Meaning 御用人

ごようにん goyounin

御用人 is read as ごようにん (goyounin) and means manager.

Meaning

English

manager
steward
person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

ごようにん

Romaji

goyounin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 113226 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

御家人

ごけにん

immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

御寮人

ごりょうにん

mistress

御用達

ごようたし

company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

御用

ごよう

(customer's) order

御用組合

ごようくみあい

a company union

御用新聞

ごようしんぶん

pro-government newspaper

御用の方

ごようのかた

customer

御種人参

おたねにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

御用部屋

ごようべや

room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

御用始め

ごようはじめ

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)

御用聞き

ごようきき

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door