abbot oshō 和尚
allocation ategai 宛行
allowance bunmai 分米 (retirement allowance), teate 手当, makanai ryō 賄い料, kyūkin 給金 (allowance paid to warriors in cash), fuchi 扶持
annual land tax nengu 年貢
apprentice detchi 丁稚 (in merchant houses), deshi 弟子 (to doctors, members of blind guild)
artisan shokunin 職人, kō 工
bannerman hatamoto 旗本, jikisan 直参
beggar kojiki 乞食
block, townsmen’s block chō 町
boss tanagashira 店頭
broker nakagai 仲買, sōbashi 相場師 (in Dōjima), zegen 女衒 (dealer in women)
brothel keeper bōhachi 亡八
capital motode 元手, motodekin 元手金
census register ninbetsu 人別, ninbetsuchō 人別帳
chamberlain yōnin 用人
chief kashira 頭 (head of unit in warrior organization or of pariahs and outcasts)
chief priest jūshoku 住職, jūji 住持
clerk tedai 手代
compound yashiki 屋敷 (of a daimyo)
concubine mekake 妾
corvée buyaku 歩役 [usually written 賦役 or 夫役], kokuyaku 国役 (transdomain service ordered by shogunate)
courtesan jōrō 上﨟, yūjo 遊女
court ranks kan’i 官位
daimyo daimyō 大名, ryōshu 領主 (domain holder), kokushu 国主 (province-holding daimyo), daishōmyō 大小名 (daimyo great and small), shokō 諸候
derelict haijin 廃人
Divine Lord (Ieyasu) Shinkun-sama 神君様, Gongen-sama 権現様
domain ryōgoku 領国
domainal purveyors yōtashi 用達
domain and fief holders ryōshu jitō 領主地頭
domain elder karō 家老
employee genan 下男, genin 下人, hōkōnin 奉公人 (of townsman firm)
entertainer yūgeisha 遊芸者
farmer hyakushō 百姓, nōmin 農民, nō 農
fief ryō 領, chigyō 知行 (warriors), kanroku 官禄, shokuroku 職禄 (temples)
fief holder jitō 地頭
financial offices katte yaku 勝手役
financier ryōgae 両替
footman wakatō 若党
foot soldier ashigaru 足軽
general shushō 主将
guard unit ban 番
guild nakama 仲間, kumiai 組合
handler yarite 遣り手
head clerk shihainin 支配人
high court nobility kugyō tōshō 公卿堂上
holding chigyō 知行, chigyōsho 知行所 (of a bannerman), ryō 領
houseman kenin 家人
house owner iemochi 家持
idler yūmin 遊民
imperial cloister miya monzeki 宮門跡
imperial prince miyakata 宮方
imperial regent gosekkegata 御摂家方
inspector metsuke 目付, junkenshi 巡検使
intendant daikan 代官
jester taikomochi 太鼓持
kept woman kakoimono 囲ひもの, kakoi-onna 囲女
lawsuit kuji soshō 公事訴訟
levies kayaku 課役, shoyaku 諸役, kuyaku 公役
liaison temple furegashira 触頭
license fee unjō 運上, unjōkin 運上金
livelihood shinshō 身上, san 産
maid, maidservant gejo 下女
magistrate bugyō 奉行
manager gyōji 行司 (temple), bantō 番頭 (merchant), mawashi onna 回し 女 (brothel)
men-at-arms kachi 徒
menials genan 下男, rokushaku 六尺, kobito 小人
merchant shōnin 商人, shō 商
moneylender kanekashi 金貸し
money master kanenushi 金主
monk, monastic sōryo 僧侶, sō 僧, bōzu 坊主, sōto 僧徒
occupation nariwai 業, shokugyō 職業, hongyō 本業, gyōtai 業体
official yakunin 役人, kakari-yakunin 係役人
outcast hinin 非人
pariah eta 穢多
parishioner danka 檀家
pawnbroker shichiya 質屋
people of the soil domin 土民
people who sustain the state kokumin 国民
people without families to rely upon kanka kodoku 鰥寡孤独
pleasure-seekers yūkyōnin 遊興人
priest jishanin 寺社人, sō 僧
private settlement naisai 内済
profession shokugyō 職業, nariwai 業
prostitute baita 売女, yūjo 遊女
rank and title kanshoku 官職
rations fuchi 扶持, fujo 扶助
realm tenka 天下
rear vassal baishin 陪臣
retainer kerai 家来, shin 臣, samurai 侍
rice agent fudasashi 札指, kurayado 蔵宿
samurai samurai 侍
samurai servant komono 小者
senior councilor rōjū 老中, gorōshoku 御老職
servant gerō 下郎, genin 下人, boku 僕, genan 下男
service charge reikin 礼金
services kayaku 課役, shoyaku 諸役
share kabu 株 (of membership in a guild)
shogun, shogunate kōhen 公辺, kōgi 公儀
shogunal holdings tenryō 天領, goryō 御領
shogunal houseman gokenin 御家人
shogunal purveyor goyōtashi 御用達
small-scale farmer komae-byakushō 小前百姓
small-scale warrior shōshin 小身
state kokka 国家
steeplejack tobi no mono 鳶の者
stipend roku 禄, karoku 家禄, hōroku 奉禄, kirimai 切米, ategai 宛行
stipend supplement tashidaka 足高
storehouse agent kuramoto 蔵元
supervising officer yoriki 与力
supervisor shihai 支配
swindler yamashi 山師, katari かたり
temple fiefs jiroku 寺禄
three branch houses gosanke 御三家
three cadet houses gosankyō 御三卿
townsman, townspeople chōnin 町人
trainee kamuro 禿 (in brothel)
trainee monks shoke 所化, shokesō 所化僧
troublemaker akutō 悪党
unregistered person mushuku 無宿
villa bessō 別荘
village officials mura yakunin 村役人
wage kyūkin 給金
warrior bushi 武士, shi 士, buke 武家, samurai 侍
wastrel itazuramono 徒者, mudakui むだ食ひ
watchman banta 番太
wholesaler ton’ya 問屋
yin-yang diviner onmyōji 陰陽師