舎人: とねり (gikun) (n) (1) servant, valet, footman, (2) (arch) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family, (3) (arch) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system), (4) (arch) ox-tender for oxcarts, horse boy, (5) honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies