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): [me̞ɕi̥t͡sɨᵝka̠i]

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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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