Vocab Info

N1 Noun

小者(こもの)young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      young person

    2. Noun

      2.

      servant, errand boy in a samurai family

    3. Noun

      3.

      person of lowly status

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    小者 【こもの】

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    Examples

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      小者(こもの)身分(みぶん)(ひく)奉公人(ほうこうにん)のことです。

      A "Kosha" refers to a servant of lowly status. {young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status}

      • N1

      武家(ぶけ)雑役(ざつえき)使(つか)われた(ひと)(こと)小者(こもの)()います。

      The term "small person" refers to individuals who were used as servants or errand boys in a samurai family, or those of lowly status. {young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status}

      • N1

      (ぼく)八十(はちじゅっ)(さい)祖父(そふ)(わか)(ひと)のことを小者(こもの)()んでいる。

      My eighty-year-old grandfather refers to young people as "servants." {young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status}

      • N1

      若者(わかもの):「(ぼく)にも名前(なまえ)があるので、小者(こもの)()ばないでください。」

      Young Person: "I also have a name, so please don't call me a person of lowly status." {young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status}

      • N1

      (わたし)小者(こもの)として奉公(ほうこう)をするかたわら、俳句(はいく)()むことも生業(なりわい)としています。

      While serving as a person of lowly status, I also make a living by composing haiku poems. {young person, servant, errand boy in a samurai family, person of lowly status}

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