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しようにん
Meanings
Noun
1. employee; servant
The silk shop no longer had even enough money left to hire servants.
Alt. forms
使し用よう人にん
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しようにん
Pitch accent
し
ようにん
Composed of
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
Composed of
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
counter for people
Examples (8 in total)
It's not like I'm a servant.
He was a kind master to his servants.
Dogs have masters. Cats have servants.
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