年ねん季き奉ぼう公こう

noun

indentured servitude; apprenticeship under contract

Historical term for a system where a person worked for a master for a fixed number of years, often to repay a debt or learn a trade. Common in the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、年ねん季き奉公ぼうこうという制せい度どが広ひろく行おこなわれていた。

  During the Edo period, a system called indentured servitude was widely practiced.

• 彼かれは10年ねんの年ねん季き奉公ぼうこうを終おえて、自じ由ゆうの身みとなった。

  He completed his ten-year indenture and became a free man.