家か事じ見み習ならい

noun

apprenticeship in household management; prospective bride learning housekeeping

Historical term for a young woman, often a prospective bride, who lived with a family to learn domestic skills before marriage. Now largely obsolete, but may appear in period pieces or discussions of pre-modern customs.

• 昔むかしは、結けっ婚こん前まえに家か事じ見み習ならいとして他た家けに住すみ込こむことがあった。

  In the past, some women would live with another family as a housekeeping apprentice before marriage.

• この小しょう説せつの主しゅ人じん公こうは、家か事じ見み習ならいとして厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうを積つんだ。

  The protagonist of this novel underwent rigorous training as a household apprentice.