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宿下がり (やどさがり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
leave allowed a servant ; short-term leave for a domestic worker
Historical term referring to the short-term leave granted to live-in servants or apprentices in pre-modern Japan. Not used in modern employment contexts.
「 宿やど 下さ がり 」 は 、 住す み 込こ み の 使し 用よう 人にん が 実じっ 家か に 帰かえ る 短みじか い 休きゅう 暇か を 指さ す 言こと 葉ば だ 。
「宿下がり」 is a term for the short holiday when a live-in servant returns to their family home.
Written forms 宿やど 下さ がり Usage 57%
宿やど 下さが り Usage 43%
Variant spelling using the older form of 下がり.
Kanji 宿 inn, lodging, relay station Similar words 休きゅう 暇か Modern general term for holiday or leave from work, not limited to servants.
帰き 省せい Refers to returning to one's hometown, typically for family visits, without the servant connotation.
Etymology Compound of 宿 (yado, 'lodging' or 'employer's house') and 下がり (sagari, 'leaving' or 'going down'), literally 'leaving the lodging'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is firmly associated with the Edo-period practice of granting servants short home visits.
