仕し官かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

government service; entering government service

Historical term for serving as a government official or entering such service, often in the context of samurai or feudal administration.

• 彼かれは若わかくして幕ばく府ふに仕し官かんした。

  He entered the service of the shogunate at a young age.

• 仕し官かんの道みちを選えらぶ武ぶ士しも多おおかった。

  Many samurai chose the path of government service.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

finding a new lord to serve (of a ronin)

Specifically refers to a masterless samurai (ronin) seeking employment under a new feudal lord. Often used in historical or period drama contexts.

See also: 浪人

• 浪ろう人にんだった彼かれは、ようやく仕し官かんが叶かなった。

  He was a ronin, but finally succeeded in finding a new lord to serve.

• 仕し官かんを求もとめて諸しょ国こくを巡めぐる浪ろう人にんの話はなしだ。

  It's a story about a ronin traveling the provinces in search of a new master.