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吏人 (りじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

吏り人じん

Meanings

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noun

government officials; public servants

Archaic or historical term referring to officials or bureaucrats in pre-modern Japan. Not used in contemporary administrative contexts.

江え戸ど時じ代だいの吏り人じんは、現げん代だいの公こう務む員いんとは異ことなる役やく割わりを担になっていた。
Officials in the Edo period played different roles from modern civil servants.

Kanji

吏officer, an official
人person

Similar words

官かん吏り
官吏 is a more common historical term for government officials, while 吏人 is rarer and more specific to certain pre-modern contexts.
公こう務む員いん
公務員 is the modern standard term for public servants; 吏人 is archaic and not used in contemporary Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 吏 (government official) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in classical Chinese and was adopted into Japanese bureaucratic vocabulary.