day laborer; journeyman
Archaic term for a day laborer or journeyman; not used in modern Japanese. The kanji 日傭取 literally suggests 'daily hired worker'.
In the Edo period, many people sought daily work as day laborers.
Formal modern term for day laborer; 日傭取 is an obsolete word.
Compound of 日 (hi, 'day') + 傭 (yō, 'hire') + 取 (tori, 'taker'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'day laborer'.