仕し出だし

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

food delivery service; catering

Refers to the business or act of preparing and delivering meals for events, offices, or individuals. Often used in compound terms like 仕出し弁当 (catered boxed lunch).

会かい議ぎのために仕し出だしを頼たのんだ。
We ordered catering for the meeting.
この店みせは仕し出だしもやっています。
This shop also does food delivery.

noun

walk-on part; background actor; extra

Used in theater, film, and television for a minor non-speaking role. The term is somewhat specialized and may be replaced by エキストラ in casual contexts.

彼かれは映えい画がで仕し出だしとして出しゅつ演えんした。
He appeared in the movie as an extra.
舞ぶ台たいの仕し出だしはセリフがないことが多おおい。
Walk-on parts in plays often have no lines.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の仕し出だしを頼たのむto order catering for something
会かい議ぎの昼ちゅう食しょくの仕し出だしを頼たのんだ。
We ordered catering for the meeting's lunch.
仕し出だしで出でるto appear as a walk-on extra (in a film or play)
彼かれはドラマに仕し出だしで出でたことがある。
He has appeared as a background extra in a TV drama.
仕し出だしを取とるto have food catered/delivered
法ほう事じのときは仕し出だしを取とることにしている。
We usually have food catered for memorial services.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
出exit, leave, go out

Related words

出で前まえN3sense 1
出前 refers specifically to delivering prepared meals to a home or office, while 仕出し covers the broader catering business, including event and office meal preparation.
エキストラ sense 2
エキストラ is the common loanword for a film or TV extra, while 仕出し is the older, more theater-specific term for the same role.
ケータリング sense 1
ケータリング is the modern loanword for catering services, often used for parties or corporate events, while 仕出し is the more traditional Japanese term.
端は役やく sense 2
端役 refers to a minor speaking role, whereas 仕出し specifically means a non-speaking background extra.

Word family

仕し出だし屋や
caterer; catering business
仕し出だし弁べん当とう
catered box lunch; box lunch for delivery

Written forms

仕し出だしUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
し出だし
Mixed kana-kanji variant; less common than the full kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 仕 (し, doing, serving) and 出し (だし, sending out). The catering sense derives from the idea of 'sending out' prepared food. The theatrical sense likely extends from the idea of 'sending out' a performer onto the stage.