召めし使つかい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

servant; domestic worker

A person employed to do household duties; can sound somewhat old-fashioned or formal in modern contexts.

執しつ事じ
召使い is a plain word for a personal servant of any rank, whereas 執事 refers to the head servant who oversees the household staff.
使し用よう人にんN1
召使い is an older, more literary word for a personal servant, closely overlapping with 使用人 but sounding even more feudal.
しもべN1
召使い is the common everyday word for a household servant or maid, whereas しもべ sounds archaic or poetic.
奴ど隷れい
召使い refers to a servant who works voluntarily or for pay, whereas 奴隷 implies forced servitude with no personal freedom.
侍じ女じょ
召使 is a generic term for any servant regardless of gender, while 侍女 specifically means a female attendant to a lady.

召めし使つかいUsage36%
Standard kanji spelling; the most compact form with high frequency.
召めし使つかいUsage56%
Common variant with okurigana い, slightly more explicit reading.
召めし使つかいUsage8%
Full okurigana form; less common but unambiguous.

Compound of 召し (めし, honorific prefix from 召す 'to summon, call') and 使い (つかい, 'messenger, errand person'). Literally 'a person called upon to serve'.