ようにん
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
Kanji used
honorable
used for
person
Pitch accent
うにん
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
Composed of
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
counter for people