家か僕ぼく

noun

houseboy; manservant

Refers to a male domestic servant, typically in a historical or literary context. Not commonly used in modern everyday Japanese; 使用人 or お手伝いさん are more common for general domestic help.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、大おおきな屋や敷しきで家か僕ぼくとして働はたらいていた。

  When he was young, he worked as a houseboy in a large mansion.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、家か僕ぼくが主しゅ人じんに忠ちゅう実じつに仕つかえる場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In period dramas, scenes of a manservant faithfully serving his master often appear.