賢けん臣しん

noun

wise retainer; able minister

Refers to a capable and loyal vassal or minister serving a ruler, often in historical or literary contexts. Not an everyday modern term.

• 賢けん臣しんの助じょ言げんがなければ、国くには乱みだれるだろう。

  Without the advice of a wise retainer, the country would fall into disorder.

• 彼かれは主しゅ君くんに仕つかえる賢けん臣しんとして名なを残のこした。

  He left his name as a wise retainer who served his lord.