曹ぞう司し

noun

palace room for officials or ladies-in-waiting; room in a palace or estate for employees; person living in such a room

Historical term for a room in a palace or noble estate used by government officials or ladies-in-waiting; also refers to the person occupying it. The second sense extends this to rooms for employees in private estates.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうでは、女にょ官かんたちは曹ぞう司しで生せい活かつしていた。

  In the Heian-period imperial court, ladies-in-waiting lived in palace rooms called 曹司.

• この屋や敷しきには、使し用よう人にんのための曹ぞう司しがいくつか設もうけられていた。

  This mansion had several rooms set aside for servants.

noun

boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)

Specific to the ritsuryō period, referring to a dormitory for students of the 大学寮 (Daigaku-ryō) who were training to become government officials.

See also: 大学寮

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、大だい学がく寮りょうの学がく生せいは曹ぞう司しに寄き宿しゅくしていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, students of the Daigaku-ryō boarded in a dormitory called 曹司.