端女はしためはしためじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounfemale servant; maidservantHistorical term for a female servant or maid, especially in pre-modern Japan. Not used in contemporary settings; see 女中 for a related term.See also: 水仕女 · 女中江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお店だなには、端女はしためが何なん人にんも働はたらいていた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn large merchant houses of the Edo period, several maidservants worked.「端女はしため」は、今いまではほとんど使つかわれない古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。Break this sentence down in the analyzer'Hashitame' is an old word that is hardly used today.