noun
master-servant relationship; homage
Refers to a hierarchical bond where a servant or vassal owes loyalty and service to a master, often in historical or feudal contexts.
中世の主従関係は、土地と忠誠の交換で成り立っていた。
Medieval master-servant relationships were built on an exchange of land and loyalty.
彼は主君に対して主従関係を誓った。
He pledged a master-servant relationship to his lord.
noun
master-slave relationship
Used in computing to describe a control relationship where one device or process (the master) directs another (the slave).
このシステムは主従関係で動作する二つのプロセッサからなる。
This system consists of two processors that operate in a master-slave relationship.