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ごようにん
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
Alt. forms
御
ご
用
よう
人
にん
ごようにん
Pitch accent
ご
よ
うにん
Composed of
ご
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ようにん
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
Composed of
ごよう
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
にん
counter for people