小童ちいさわらわ

noun

small child; servant child

Archaic term for a small child, especially a child servant in the Heian-period imperial palace. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 「小ちいさ童わらわ」は、平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうで使つかわれていた幼おさない召めし使つかいを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  「小さ童」 is a word that referred to a young servant used in the imperial palace during the Heian period.