朝ちょう臣しん

noun

courtier; court official

Historical term for a person serving at a royal or imperial court, especially in pre-modern Japan.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの朝ちょう臣しんは、宮きゅう中ちゅうで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  Courtiers of the Heian period played important roles at the imperial court.