位い官かん

noun

rank and official position

Historical term referring to one's rank and official post in pre-modern bureaucratic systems. Not used in contemporary Japanese outside historical or academic contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ士しは、位い官かんによって給きゅう与よが決きめられていた。

  In the Edo period, a samurai's stipend was determined by his rank and official position.