白はく丁ちょう

noun

untrained conscript; young man of draft age

Archaic term from the ritsuryō period for a young man eligible for military conscription but not yet trained.

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、白はく丁ちょうはまだ訓くん練れんを受うけていない徴ちょう兵へい適てき齢れいの若わか者ものを指さした。

  Under the ritsuryō system, 白丁 referred to a young man of conscription age who had not yet undergone military training.

noun

commoner; person without rank or title

Archaic term for a person with no official rank or title under the ritsuryō system; essentially a commoner.

• 白はく丁ちょうは位い階かいを持もたない一いっ般ぱん庶しょ民みんを意い味みした。

  白丁 meant an ordinary commoner without any court rank.

noun

white-uniformed servant; attendant carrying master's belongings

Only when written 白張 · Only with reading はくちょう

Archaic term for a servant dressed in a white uniform who carried objects for his master; reading restricted to はくちょう.

See also: 白丁

• 白はく張ちょうは主しゅ人じんの荷に物もつを運はこぶ白しろ装しょう束ぞくの従じゅう者しゃだった。

  A 白張 was a white-uniformed attendant who carried his master's belongings.