小しょう身しん者もの

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Meanings

1

low-ranking person; person of humble means

Historical term for a person of low social status or modest income, often used in Edo-period contexts. Not used in modern everyday speech.

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In the Edo period, low-ranking persons worked as lower officials of the shogunate.

彼かれは小しょう身しん者ものながら、誠せい実じつに務つとめを果はたした。

Though he was a person of humble means, he fulfilled his duties faithfully.