念ねん者しゃ

noun

careful and thorough person

Archaic term for a person who is meticulous, attentive, and thorough in their actions or work.

• 彼かれは何なに事ごとにもぬかりのない念ねん者しゃだと、古こ老ろうは語かたった。

  The old-timer said that he was a meticulous person who never overlooked anything.

noun

older male in a homosexual relationship

Only with reading ねんじゃ

Archaic term for the older partner in a male homosexual relationship, often in the context of traditional wakashudō. The reading ねんじゃ is specifically associated with this sense.

See also: 若衆

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、念ねん者じゃと若わか衆しゅの関かん係けいが記しるされている。

  Documents from the Edo period describe relationships between an older male partner (念者) and a younger male partner (若衆).