LingakuFrequency rank: – (for form 召使い: 23,730. – 23,859.)
- servant; menial
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 召し使い【めしつかい】
- 召使い【めしつかい】Frequency rank: 23,730. – 23,859.
- 召使【めしつかい】Frequency rank: 27,617. – 27,800.
- めしつかい
Generated definitions (experimental)
- servant; menial
This term refers to someone who is employed to perform domestic tasks or serve others, typically in a household. It often carries a connotation of a lower social status.
Generated collocations (experimental)
めしつかい召し使いをやとう雇うto hire a servantめしつかい召し使いとしてはたらく働くto work as a servantめしつかい召し使いのしごと仕事the job of a servantめしつかい召し使いにしじ指示するto give instructions to a servantめしつかい召し使いのやくわり役割the role of a servantめしつかい召し使いをつかう使うto employ a servantめしつかい召し使いのたいぐう待遇the treatment of a servantかてい家庭のめしつかい召し使いhousehold servantめしつかい召し使いとしゅじん主人servant and masterめしつかい召し使いにしたがう従うto obey a servant (in a figurative sense)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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The servants tried to carry out their master's order.
The servant gradually adjusted to his new surroundings.
Although I am her elder, she treats me as if I were her servant.
These days, when people emigrate, it is not so much in search of sunshine, or food, or even servants.