召使い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
召 使
め(し)
Grade: S 		つか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
召使
召し使い

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めしつかい [mèshítsúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɕi̥t͡sɨka̠i]

Noun

召(めし)使(つか)い • (meshitsukai) 

  1. servant
    Synonyms: 下人, 使用人, 下僕, 下男, 下女

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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