スチュワーデス

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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stewardess; female flight attendant

A female cabin crew member on an aircraft. This term is somewhat dated; modern Japanese often prefers キャビンアテンダント or the gender-neutral 客室乗務員.

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She works as a stewardess on international flights.

スチュワーデスになるには語ご学がく力りょくが必ひつ要ようだ。

To become a stewardess, language skills are necessary.

〈人ひと〉はスチュワーデスになるto become a stewardess
彼かの女じょは昔むかしからスチュワーデスになりたいと思おもっていた。
She had wanted to become a stewardess since she was young.
スチュワーデスとして働はたらくto work as a stewardess
彼かの女じょは十じゅう年ねん間かんスチュワーデスとして働はたらいた。
She worked as a stewardess for ten years.

キャビンアテンダント
キャビンアテンダント is the modern, gender-neutral term for a flight attendant, while スチュワーデス specifically means a female flight attendant and now sounds somewhat dated.
客きゃく室しつ乗じょう務む員いん
客室乗務員 is the formal, gender-neutral official term for cabin crew, whereas スチュワーデス refers only to female attendants and feels old-fashioned by comparison.

名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).

Loanword from English 'stewardess'. Entered Japanese in the mid-20th century with the growth of commercial aviation.