Duty Shift - Kinban

Japanese: 勤番 - きんばん

〘 noun 〙① To take turns working. Also, the turn. ※Gyokuyo - 2nd day of June, 1172 (2nd year of the Jōan era) "I was _on duty at the _Councillors , and after _that _I _{did not} attend _this _palace ." ② During the Edo period, the vassals of local feudal lords took turns working at the mansions in Edo and Osaka. ※Jōruri - Omoiseyama Onna Teikin (1771) 1 "Military officers on duty from all over the country surround this mansion."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 交替して勤務につくこと。また、その番。※玉葉‐承安二年（1172）六月二日「為_二勤番_一参院、於_二其後_一者不_レ参_二此殿_一」② 江戸時代、地方の大名の家臣が交替で江戸や大坂の屋敷の勤務につくこと。※浄瑠璃・妹背山婦女庭訓（1771）一「諸国の勤番武官の面々、この館を囲むところ」

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