召めし使つかい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

servant; domestic worker

A person employed to do household duties; can sound somewhat old-fashioned or formal in modern contexts.

In old large houses, there were many servants.

彼かの女じょはその家いえで召めし使つかいとして働はたらいていた。

She worked as a servant in that household.

執しつ事じ
召使い is a plain word for a personal servant of any rank, whereas 執事 refers to the head servant who oversees the household staff.
使し用よう人にんN1
召使い is an older, more literary word for a personal servant, closely overlapping with 使用人 but sounding even more feudal.
しもべN1
召使い is the common everyday word for a household servant or maid, whereas しもべ sounds archaic or poetic.
奴ど隷れい
召使い refers to a servant who works voluntarily or for pay, whereas 奴隷 implies forced servitude with no personal freedom.
侍じ女じょ
召使 is a generic term for any servant regardless of gender, while 侍女 specifically means a female attendant to a lady.

召めし使つかいUsage36%
Standard kanji spelling; the most compact form with high frequency.
召めし使つかいUsage56%
Common variant with okurigana い, slightly more explicit reading.
召めし使つかいUsage8%
Full okurigana form; less common but unambiguous.

Compound of 召し (めし, honorific prefix from 召す 'to summon, call') and 使い (つかい, 'messenger, errand person'). Literally 'a person called upon to serve'.