定じょう番ばん

noun

standing guard; watchman

Archaic term for a person who stands guard or the act of guarding. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、城じょう門もんに立たつ定じょう番ばんの記き述じゅつがある。

  Documents from the Edo period contain descriptions of guards standing at castle gates.

noun

shogunal palace guard (Edo period)

Historical term for a guard specifically assigned to the shogun's palaces during the Edo period.

• 定じょう番ばんは将しょう軍ぐんの御ご殿てんを警けい護ごする役やく職しょくだった。

  The 定番 was a post responsible for guarding the shogun's palace.