下げ人にん

noun

low-rank person; menial

Historical term for a person of low social status, often a servant or menial worker in pre-modern Japan. Not used in modern everyday contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、下げ人にんたちは厳きびしい労ろう働どうに従じゅう事じした。

  In the Edo period, low-rank people were engaged in harsh labor.