くにん

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See also: ぐにん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くにん – see the following entry.
公人
(after the end of the Heian period) a lower-ranking official in the Imperial Court (宮中)
(the Kamakura and Muromachi period) a lower-ranking official in the Mandokoro (政所), Samurai-dokoro (侍所), Monchūjo (問注所), etc.
(the Muromachi period) a person who belongs to a shrine or temple, etc. and dose odd jobs
(This term, くにん (kunin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)