| 功臣 | [こうしん, koushin] (n) meritorious retainer |
| 定詰;定詰め | [じょうづめ, joudume] (n,vs) (1) (obsc) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (n) (2) (arch) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and; or served in Edo for a fixed period of time |
| 家臣 | [かしん, kashin] (n,adj-no) vassal; retainer |
| 寵臣 | [ちょうしん, choushin] (n) favored retainer; favoured retainer |
| 旗本 | [はたもと, hatamoto] (n) shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun |
| 着手金 | [ちゃくしゅきん, chakushukin] (n) retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer) |
| 義士 | [ぎし, gishi] (n) loyal retainer |
| 義臣 | [ぎしん, gishin] (n) loyal retainer |
| 諫臣 | [かんしん, kanshin] (n) retainer who dares to dissuade his lord |
| お付き;御付き | [おつき, otsuki] (n) retainer; attendant; escort |
| 主従 | [しゅうじゅう;しゅじゅう, shuujuu ; shujuu] (n) master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee |
| 偏諱を賜う | [へんきをたまう, henkiwotamau] (exp,v5u) (arch) (of a nobleperson) to bestow one of the kanji in one's name upon someone (e.g. a meritorious retainer, a boy coming of age, etc.) |
| 塩梅 | [えんばい, enbai] (n) (1) (arch) (originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar) seasoning; flavour; flavor; (2) (arch) serving one's lord well (of a retainer) |
| 奸臣;姦臣 | [かんしん, kanshin] (n) disloyal retainer; treacherous subject |
| 彰義隊 | [しょうぎたい, shougitai] (n) (See 上野戦争) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) |
| 忠臣 | [ちゅうしん, chuushin] (n) loyal retainer; loyal subject; (P) |
| 権臣 | [けんしん, kenshin] (n) influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier |
| 用人 | [ようにん, younin] (n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person |
| 腹心 | [ふくしん, fukushin] (n,adj-no) one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer; (P) |
| 臣 | [おみ;しん, omi ; shin] (n) (1) (arch) retainer; attendant; (2) (おみ only) (See 八色の姓) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); (3) (しん only) (hum) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me |
| 臣;奴;僕 | [やつこ(臣;奴);つぶね(奴);やつこらま, yatsuko ( shin ; yatsu ); tsubune ( yatsu ); yatsukorama] (n) (1) (やつこ only) (arch) slave; (2) retainer; servant; (3) (やつこ only) captive; (4) (やつこ only) (derog) varlet; (5) (やつこ only) (hum) I; me |
| 被官;被管 | [ひかん, hikan] (n) (1) lower government office (ritsuryo period); (2) servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; (3) servant of an urban family; (4) (See 被官百姓) serf |