侍じ婢ひ

noun

lady-in-waiting; female attendant

Archaic term for a female attendant serving a noblewoman or in a court setting. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうでは、侍じ婢ひが貴き族ぞくの女じょ性せいに仕つかえていた。

  In the Heian-period court, ladies-in-waiting served noblewomen.