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Japanese: ミニステリアーレ

"Kashi" (household retainer) or "Kenin" (family member). In medieval Europe, a person who belonged to the king or the religious and secular nobility and, although not a free citizen, held important family jobs or military service, and thus obtained special status and aristocratic privileges. In Germany, in the 11th century, they developed into a unique class called Dienstmann, and were subject to their own unique status laws. They were highly valued for managing territories directly controlled by feudal lords, but later became assimilated into ordinary feudal vassals and lost their distinctiveness.

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Japanese:

家士(かし)，家人(けにん)と訳。中世ヨーロッパで国王や聖俗貴族の家に属し，非自由民ながら重要な家職や軍事勤務についていたため，別格的地位と貴族的特権を得た者。ドイツでは11世紀にディーンストマンDienstmannと呼ばれる独自の階層に成長し，独自の身分法に服した。領主直轄領の管理などに重用されたが，のち一般の封建家臣に同化され特殊性を失った。

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