舎人
しゃじん, とねりshajin
noun
- servant
- valet
- footman
- someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family
- low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system)
- ox-tender for oxcarts
- horse boy
- honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies