庶しょ人じん

noun

commoner; common people

Historical or formal term for ordinary people without rank or title, similar to 庶民 but more classical. Often used in historical contexts or set phrases.

See also: 庶民

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、庶しょ人じんは武ぶ士しと違ちがって苗みょう字じ帯たい刀とうを許ゆるされなかった。

  In the Edo period, commoners, unlike samurai, were not allowed to have a surname or wear a sword.

• 「庶しょ人じんをして三さん年ねんの喪もを行おこなわしむ」という古ふるい言こと葉ばがある。

  There is an old saying: 'Let the common people observe the three-year mourning period.'