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Zach

奉公人

Reading

Kana: ほうこうにん
Romaji: houkounin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

servant; employee

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 ブ、 たてまつ.る、 まつ.る、 ほう.ずる
Meanings: observance, offer, present, dedicate
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person

Example Sentence

(わたし)(あに)は、未婚(みこん)なので、所帯(しょたい)()たず、奉公人(ほうこうにん)一緒(いっしょ)によその(いえ)食事(しょくじ)をしていた。
➥My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded himself and his apprentices in another family.
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