[朝觐 / 朝覲, cháo jǐn, ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ]to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; Hajj (muslim's duty of pilgrimage to Mecca)#51236[Add to Longdo]
[さむらい(P);さぶらい, samurai (P); saburai](n) (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (さぶらい only) (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (P)#4255[Add to Longdo]
[さむらいどころ;さぶらいどころ, samuraidokoro ; saburaidokoro](n) (1) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; (2) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)[Add to Longdo]
[しょうぎたい, shougitai](n) (See 上野戦争) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno)[Add to Longdo]
[ようにん, younin](n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person[Add to Longdo]