[ごようにん, goyounin] (n) (hon) (See 用人・1) manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
[ようにん, younin] (n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person