主しゅう従じゅう

noun

master-servant relationship; lord-retainer bond; employer-employee relation

Refers to the hierarchical relationship between a superior and a subordinate, historically between a lord and retainer, and in modern contexts between an employer and employee.

• 封ほう建けん時じ代だいの主しゅう従じゅう関かん係けいは絶ぜっ対たい的てきな忠ちゅう誠せいに基もとづいていた。

  The lord-retainer relationship in the feudal era was based on absolute loyalty.

• 現げん代だいの企き業ぎょうでも、主しゅう従じゅうのような上じょう下げ関かん係けいが残のこっている場ば合あいがある。

  Even in modern companies, a hierarchical relationship like master and servant sometimes remains.