What is "shoya"

Usage examples of "shoya".

The shoya, to calm his own nerves--though he had a small, loaded pistol in the pocket of his sleeve--poured some more tea for both of them, knowing this was a dangerous game and this shishi was no man to fool with.

The shoya was prepared, aware the thread between a sudden, berserk attack and sanity was stretched to breaking, shishi never to be trusted, one hand not far from his sleeve pocket.

With pretended meekness the shoya offered the sliver of paper, the same he had previously shown to Raiko and Meikin: An assassination attempt on Yoshi at dawn at Hamamatsu village failed.

The shoya, his family and all villagers, already masked against smoke and prepared within moments of the first alarm, continued to work with well-rehearsed but stoic speed to pack away valuables into the small, fireproofed brick shelters that were in every garden.