However, the master-servant relationship was rather loose, and it often happened that a samurai served more than one master or established a master-servant relationship with a master only temporarily. |
ただし、当時の主従関係は割とルーズなもので、複数の主人に仕える、一時的にだけ主従関係を結ぶ、といったことも多く見られた。 |