奉ほう公こう人にん

noun

servant; employee (historical)

Refers to a live-in servant or apprentice in a merchant or samurai household during the Edo period and earlier. Not used for modern employees.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、商しょう家かの奉ほう公こう人にんは朝あさ早はやくから夜よる遅おそくまで働はたらいた。

  In the Edo period, servants in merchant houses worked from early morning until late at night.