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Meanings

maidservant

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はしため

Common Words

女の子奴
(婢)
めのこやつこ
Noun
Freq #67239
1

Archaic

female slave

2

ひ only

female servant; housemaid

Noun
Freq #76920
1

ぬひ only; Historical term

slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants

2

male and female servants; manservants and maids

Noun
Freq #83687
1

servant girl

端た女
婢女
しため
Noun
Freq #98859
1

female servant

Noun
Freq #110846
1

lady-in-waiting

うひ
Noun
Freq #123722
1

old housemaid; old female servant

くひ
Noun
Freq #157505
1

male and female servants

小婢
ょうひ
Noun
Archaic
Freq #213129
1

young female servant

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