Word Meaning 御用商人

ごようしょうにん goyoushounin

御用商人 is read as ごようしょうにん (goyoushounin) and means purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household).

Meaning

English

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

Reading

Kana

ごようしょうにん

Romaji

goyoushounin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 112890 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御用人

ごようにん

manager

紳士用装身具商人

しんしようそうしんぐしょうにん

haberdasher

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)

商人

あきうど

merchant

商売人

しょうばいにん

expert (in a trade or profession)