勤つとめ奉ぼう公こう

noun

apprenticeship; live-in service

Historical term for a system where a young person lived and worked in a master's household to learn a trade or perform domestic duties, often for a fixed term. Not used for modern internships or part-time jobs.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、商しょう家かに勤つとめ奉公ぼうこうに出でる若わか者ものが多おおかった。

  In the Edo period, many young people went into apprenticeship at merchant houses.