お手伝てつだい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

maid; household helper

Polite term for a domestic helper or maid, often used in the phrase お手伝いさん. The base noun 手伝い can also mean 'helper', but お手伝い specifically carries a polite, often feminine connotation.

See also: お手伝いさん

お手伝てつだいさんが毎まい日にち来きて掃そう除じをしてくれる。
A maid comes every day to clean for us.

彼かの女じょはお手伝てつだいとして働はたらいている。

She works as a household helper.

2

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

help; assistance

polite (teineigo)honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Polite noun meaning help or assistance. Can be used with する to mean 'to help'. Honorific language (sonkeigo) when referring to someone else's help; also used politely for one's own help in humble contexts.