念ねん人にん

noun

assistant in a competition

Archaic term for a helper or second in traditional contests such as cockfighting, archery, or poetry matches.

• 昔むかしの闘とう鶏けいでは、念ねん人にんが鶏にわとりの世せ話わや助じょ言げんをしたという。

  In old cockfighting, an assistant called 念人 reportedly took care of the birds and gave advice.

noun

older male in a homosexual relationship

Archaic term for the older partner in a male homosexual relationship; compare 念者 (ねんじゃ).

See also: 念者 (ねんじゃ)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんでは、念ねん人にんが若わかい男だん性せいを導みちびく立たち場ばとして描えがかれることがある。

  In Edo-period texts, 念人 is sometimes depicted as the older male guiding a younger partner.