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    3. 女中

    女中

    女じょ中ちゅう

    maidservant

    KMT10News #42+1Ref L2NounWork & CareerKanji Vocab7 strokes

    じょちゅう

    Noun

    1.
    maidservant, housemaid, maid
    dated termsensitive
    2.
    hostess (in a ryokan), waitress (in a traditional restaurant)
    sensitive
    3.
    court lady
    archaic
    4.
    lady
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languagearchaic

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    昔むかしの家いえには女じょ中ちゅうさんがいました。

    There were maidservants in old houses.

    KMT6HistoryHome & Housing
    彼かの女じょは裕ゆう福ふくな家か庭ていの女じょ中ちゅうとして長なが年ねん働はたらいた。

    She worked for many years as a maidservant in a wealthy family.

    KMT9Work & CareerHistoryFamily & Relationships
    その旅りょ館かんでは、女じょ中ちゅうが客きゃくの世せ話わをしていた。

    At that inn, the maidservant took care of the guests.

    KMT10Work & CareerTravel & Transportation
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、女じょ中ちゅうという立たち場ばを通つうじて当とう時じの社しゃ会かい階かい級きゅうが描えがかれることが多おおい。

    In literary works, the social classes of the time are often depicted through the position of a maidservant.

    KMT10LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    江え戸ど時じ代だいの女じょ中ちゅうは、家か事じ全ぜん般ぱんをこなす多た忙ぼうな仕し事ごとだった。

    Maidservants in the Edo period had busy jobs, handling all household chores.

    KMT10HistoryWork & CareerHome & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
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