助じょ産さん婦ぷ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

midwife

Former occupational term for a midwife. It is gendered through 婦 and has largely been replaced in current Japanese by 助産師, especially in official or professional contexts.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉〉が助産婦じょさんぷになるfor someone to become a midwife
彼かの女じょは看かん護ご師しを経へて助じょ産さん婦ぷになった。
She became a midwife after working as a nurse.
助産婦じょさんぷとして働はたらくto work as a midwife
祖そ母ぼは長なが年ねん、村むらの助じょ産さん婦ぷとして働はたらいていた。
My grandmother worked for many years as the village midwife.