housekeeping service; domestic help; homemaking
Refers to a paid service that performs household chores such as cleaning, cooking, and laundry on behalf of someone else. Often used in the context of professional agencies.
In dual-income households, more people are using housekeeping services.
While I'm away on business, I have a domestic help service do the cleaning and laundry.
家政婦 typically refers to a live-in or regularly employed maid/housekeeper, while 家事代行 is a service-oriented term for outsourced household tasks, often on an as-needed basis.
ハウスクリーニング focuses specifically on deep cleaning of the house, whereas 家事代行 covers a broader range of household chores including cooking and laundry.
Compound of 家事 (household chores) and 代行 (acting on behalf of another). The term became common with the rise of professional housekeeping services in modern Japan.