勘かん気き

noun

disfavor; disinheritance

Historical term used in the Edo period for a samurai's loss of favor or formal disinheritance by their lord or family head. Often appears in period dramas and historical texts.

• 勘かん気きをこうむった家か臣しんは、城しろを追おわれた。

  The retainer who incurred disfavor was expelled from the castle.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、勘かん気きの場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  Scenes of disinheritance often appear in period dramas.