heimin

They belong to the samurai class, and, doubtless, their naturally superior position weighs with the heimin.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

The ceremony did not correspond with the rules laid down for marriages in the books of etiquette that I have seen, but this is accounted for by the fact that they were for persons of the samurai class, while this bride and bridegroom, though the children of well-to-do merchants, belong to the heimin.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

As he entered he had seen them lead away a _heimin_ (commoner) who had undergone the punishment.

The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

The daimyo ruled their territories by the power of the sword; and any samurai could slay at will any heimin (commoner).

China and the Post-War World 1943

A large public bath-house and a public laundry bore evidence that the _yama-no-mono_ liked clean linen as well as their _heimin_ neighbors on the other side of the hill.

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Youths, who might in another era have aspired to offices of State, had become the trusted servants of Oki heimin.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

There were no exchanges of civilities, as upon meeting _heimin_; a Japanese of the better class would as soon think of taking off his hat to a

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Of the four great classes of the nation -- Samurai, Farmers, Artizans, and Merchants (the Shi-No-Ko-Sho, as they were briefly called, after the initial characters of the Chinese terms used to designate them) -- the last three were counted together under the general appellation of Heimin, "common folk." ll heimin were subject to the samurai; any samurai being privileged to kill the heimin showing him disrespect.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The faces I saw seemed much like the faces of the _heimin_, except that I fancied the ugly ones were uglier, making the pretty ones appear more pretty by contrast.

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Thither we went, and were as nicely received as in a _heimin_ residence.

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877