代だい書しょ屋や

noun

scribe; notary public; amanuensis

Historical occupation: a person who wrote documents for others, often in the Edo period. The term is now rare and colloquial; modern equivalents include 行政書士 or 司法書士.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、代だい書しょ屋やが庶しょ民みんの手て紙がみや書しょ類るいを代だい筆ひつした。

  In the Edo period, scribes wrote letters and documents for common people.

• 「代だい書しょ屋や」という言こと葉ばは今いまではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The word 'daishoya' is hardly used nowadays.