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 111877 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)

御雇外国人

おやといがいこくじん

hired foreigner

御用達

ごようだつ

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

御用

ごよう

(customer's) order

御用新聞

ごようしんぶん

pro-government newspaper

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

御様御用

おためしごよう

sword tester (Edo period)

上御一人

かみごいちにん

the emperor

御用邸

ごようてい

imperial villa

御用繁多

ごようはんた

being busy with many things