初うい奉ぼう公こう

noun

first apprenticeship; first service

Archaic term referring to one's initial period of service or apprenticeship, typically in a historical context such as a young person entering domestic service or a trade.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、若わか者ものは初うい奉公ぼうこうに出でることが多おおかった。

  In the Edo period, young people often went out for their first apprenticeship.