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 (kenin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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