典てん侍じ

noun

maid of honor; lady-in-waiting

Historical title for a female court attendant in the Japanese imperial court, especially during the Heian period.

• 紫むらさき式しき部ぶは一いち条じょう天皇てんのうの中ちゅう宮ぐう彰しょう子しに典てん侍じとして仕つかえた。

  Murasaki Shikibu served Empress Shōshi of Emperor Ichijō as a lady-in-waiting.

• 典てん侍じは宮きゅう中ちゅうの儀ぎ式しきで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  The lady-in-waiting played an important role in court ceremonies.