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    3. 召し使い

    召し使い

    召めし​使つかい​

    servant

    KMT10News #36+1NounWork & CareerKanji Vocab16 strokes

    召使い召使

    めしつかい

    Noun

    1.
    servant, menial

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    その家いえには召めし使つかいがいました。

    There was a servant in that house.

    KMT6Work & CareerHome & Housing
    召めし使つかいは、主しゅ人じんの身みの回まわりの世おせ話わをするのが主おもな仕し事ごとでした。

    The main job of a servant was to take care of their master's personal needs.

    KMT9Work & Career
    昔むかしの貴き族ぞくの屋や敷しきには多おおくの召めし使つかいが働はたらいていました。

    Many servants worked in the mansions of ancient nobles.

    KMT10Work & CareerHistory
    彼かれは召めし使つかいの身み分ぶんから努ど力りょくして、やがて成せい功こうを収おさめました。

    He worked hard from his position as a servant and eventually achieved success.

    KMT10Work & CareerHistory
    現げん代だいでは、召めし使つかいという言こと葉ばはあまり使つかわれず、家か事じ代だい行こうサービスなどが一 般 的 です。

    In modern times, the word "servant" is rarely used, and services like housekeeping agencies are common.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    召
    め.す…(1)
    seduce・call・send for・wear・put on…(5)
    Kanji
    使
    つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)
    use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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