直じき参さん

noun

immediate follower of the shogun

Historical term for a direct retainer of the shogun in the Edo period. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、直じき参さんは将しょう軍ぐんに直ちょく接せつ仕つかえる武ぶ士しだった。

  In the Edo period, a jikisan was a samurai who served the shogun directly.