assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
少輔は律令制における官職の一つだ。
Shō was one of the official posts in the ritsuryō system.
彼は兵部少輔に任じられた。
He was appointed as assistant vice-minister of the military.
少輔の役割は長官を補佐することだった。
The role of the shō was to assist the chief official.