奴ぬ婢ひ

noun

slaves (ritsuryō system); bondservants

Only with reading ぬひ

Historical term for the lowest social class under the ritsuryō legal system; refers to unfree laborers.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、奴ぬ婢ひは賤せん民みんの最さい下か層そうに位い置ちづけられていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, slaves were placed at the lowest stratum of the lowly classes.

noun

male and female servants; manservants and maids

General term for household servants of both genders; can be read as ぬひ or どひ, though ぬひ is more common.

• 昔むかしの大おおきな屋や敷しきには多おおくの奴ぬ婢ひが働はたらいていた。

  In the old large mansions, many male and female servants worked.