下か風ふう

noun

subordinate position; lower position

Used in formal or literary contexts to describe being in a lower rank or under someone's influence. Often appears in the set phrase 下風に立つ (to be in a subordinate position).

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、上じょう司しの下か風ふうに立たって働はたらいてきた。

  He has worked for years in a subordinate position under his boss.

• 下か風ふうに立たつことを潔いさぎよしとしない人ひともいる。

  Some people are unwilling to accept being in a lower position.