ドサンピン

noun

underling; loser; low-status person

Derogatory slang for someone at the bottom of a hierarchy, seen as worthless or a failure. Often used in yakuza or rough male speech.

• あいつは組くみの中なかでもドサンピン扱あつかいだ。

  He's treated as a lowly underling even within the gang.

• ドサンピンにそんな大たい役やくは任まかせられない。

  We can't give such an important job to a loser like that.

noun

low-ranking samurai

Historical term for a samurai of the lowest rank, specifically the third and lowest grade (三一). Rare outside historical contexts.

See also: 三一

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、ドサンピンは三さん一いちの侍さむらいを指さす隠いん語ごだった。

  In the Edo period, 'dosanpin' was a slang term for a samurai of the lowest rank.