采女 | Japanese meaning

采女【うねめ】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)archaismhistorical term

Forms

采女【うねめ】
うねめ

Generated definitions (experimental)

maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)

This refers to a position held by women in the historical ritsuryō system of Japan, where they served in the imperial court, often attending to the needs of the court and its members.

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In the imperial court, the maid-in-waiting attended to daily tasks for the emperor.

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As a maid-in-waiting, she was expected to handle many responsibilities.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to serve as a maid-in-waitingrole of a maid-in-waitingmaid-in-waiting in the palacehistorical maid-in-waitinguniform of a maid-in-waitingtradition of maid-in-waitingmaid-in-waiting as a court ladyto train maids-in-waitingwork of a maid-in-waitingancient maid-in-waiting

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

おもに主にあすかじだい飛鳥時代からならじだい奈良時代において、きゅうちゅう宮中にしこう伺候し、てんのう天皇やこうごう皇后のみのまわりのせわをした身の回りの世話をしたじょかん女官．.きごう「うねべきごう」とも．.

むかし昔、なら奈良のきゅうちゅう宮中におつかえするうねめ采女がいた．.ようぼう容貌がたいへん大変うつくしく美しく、おおく多くのひと人がきゅうあい求愛し、てんじょうびと殿上人まできゅうあい求愛したがききいれなかった聞き入れなかった．.

Wiktionary

采女【うねめ】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)archaismhistorical term

Forms

采女【うねめ】
うねめ

Generated definitions (experimental)

maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)

This refers to a position held by women in the historical ritsuryō system of Japan, where they served in the imperial court, often attending to the needs of the court and its members.