Word Meaning 舎人
しゃじん
shajin
舎人 is read as しゃじん (shajin) and means honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies.
Meaning
English
- honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies
- low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system)
- someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family
- ox-tender for oxcarts
- horse boy
- servant
- valet
- footman
Reading
Kana
しゃじん
Romaji
shajin
Writing Variants
- 舎人 とねり toneri
- 舍人 しゃじん shajin
- 舍人 とねり toneri