けにん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of けにん – see the following entry.

【家人】 [noun] (dated) one's family, (especially) one's wife [noun] household; family and servants living within a house [noun] (dated) household servants; retainers living in or frequently entering a noble family's house [noun] (historical) a social rank just above 奴婢(ぬひ) (nuhi, “servant class”) [7th to 10th century] [noun] (historical) alternative form of 御家人 (gokenin, “vassal”)

(This term, けにん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)