五ご賤せん

noun

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

Abbreviation of 五色の賤 (ごしきのせん). Historical term referring to the five categories of low-status people under the ancient Japanese ritsuryō legal system.

See also: 五色の賤

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、五ご賤せんと呼よばれる身み分ぶんが定さだめられていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, social classes called the five lowly castes were established.