付つき添そい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

The act of staying with or accompanying someone, often for assistance, supervision, or support. Common in contexts like hospital visits, school events, or formal occasions.

病びょう院いんへ行いくときは、母ははが付つき添そいをしてくれた。
When I went to the hospital, my mother accompanied me.
子こ供どもの遠えん足そくに付つき添そいの保ほ護ご者しゃが必ひつ要ようです。
A chaperoning guardian is required for the children's field trip.

noun

attendant; escort; chaperon; entourage

A person who accompanies someone else, such as a caregiver, guardian, or member of a retinue. Can refer to a single person or a group.

彼かの女じょはパーティーに付つき添そいとして参さん加かした。
She attended the party as an escort.
社しゃ長ちょうはいつも付つき添そいを連つれている。
The company president always has an entourage with him.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に付つき添そうto accompany/attend someone
看かん護ご師しが入にゅう院いん患かん者じゃに付つき添そっている。
A nurse is attending to the hospitalized patient.
付つき添そいを頼たのむto ask someone to accompany/attend one
手しゅ術じゅつの日ひは家か族ぞくに付つき添そいを頼たのんだ。
On the day of the surgery, I asked a family member to be there with me.
付つき添そいが必ひつ要ようだto need an attendant/escort
高こう齢れいの患かん者じゃには付つき添そいが必ひつ要ようだ。
Elderly patients need someone to accompany them.
付つき添そいで〈場ば所しょ〉に行いくto go to a place as an accompanying attendant
母はははの付つき添そいで病びょう院いんに行いった。
I went to the hospital as my mother's attendant.

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to
添annexed, accompany, marry
附affixed, attach, refer to

Related words

同どう伴はんN1sense 1
同伴 is a more formal term for accompanying someone, often in business or official settings, while 付き添い implies closer, personal assistance such as caring for someone.
看かん病びょうN2sense 1
看病 specifically means tending to a sick person, whereas 付き添い covers any kind of accompanying or supportive presence, not just nursing care.
お供ともN1sense 2
お供 is a polite word for accompanying a superior or going along as a companion, while 付き添い focuses on providing help or support rather than mere companionship.
エスコート
付き添い emphasizes staying by someone to assist or care for them, often in medical or daily-life contexts, while エスコート carries a more social or formal nuance.
供ともN1
供 refers broadly to someone who accompanies another, whereas 付き添い specifically implies caretaking or assistance, as with a patient or child.

Don't confuse with

付つき合あいN3
付き合い means an ongoing relationship or association with someone, while 付き添い means physically accompanying or attending to someone, usually temporarily.

Word family

付つき添そい人にん
attendant; companion; escort
付つき添そい婦ふ
female private nurse; patient attendant
付つき添そい役やく
attendant; best man; maid of honor; bridesmaid; groomsman
付つき添そい看かん護ご婦ふ
private nurse (female); patient attendant
付つき添そい看かん護ご師し
attendant nurse; private nurse; patient attendant

Written forms

付つき添そいUsage41%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and common writing.
付つき添そいUsage27%
Abbreviated spelling; less common in modern text.
付つき添そいUsage26%
Common variant without okurigana き; listed as a high-priority form in some dictionaries.
つきそいUsage6%
附つき添そい
Uses the older 附 kanji; now rare.

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 付き添う (つきそう), from 付く (つく, 'to attach') + 添う (そう, 'to accompany').