伽とぎ

noun

nursing; attending; entertaining

Refers to the act of caring for someone, keeping them company, or entertaining them, often in a historical or literary context. The kanji 伽 is relatively rare and may be unfamiliar to many modern readers.

• 病びょう床しょうの母ははの伽とぎをするために、彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとを辞やめた。

  She quit her job to nurse her sick mother.

• 旅たびの伽とぎとして、彼かれは面おも白しろい話はなしをたくさんしてくれた。

  As an entertainer on the journey, he told us many interesting stories.