士し庶しょ

noun

samurai and commoners

Historical term referring collectively to the warrior class and ordinary people, especially in pre-modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには「士し庶しょ」という言こと葉ばがしばしば見みられる。

  The term 士庶 is often seen in documents from the Edo period.

noun

ordinary people; commoners

Used to refer to people without high social status, as opposed to the nobility or ruling class. Archaic and now largely replaced by terms like 庶民.

• 「士し庶しょ」は、高たかい身み分ぶんでない一いっ般ぱんの人ひと々びとを指さす古ふるい表ひょう現げんだ。

  士庶 is an old expression that refers to ordinary people without high status.