家政婦

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 5

Grade: 5
kan’on kan’yōon

Etymology

Compound of 家政(かせい) (kasei, housekeeping) + () (fu, lady, woman).

First cited to the late 1920s.

Pronunciation

Noun

()(せい)() (kaseifu

  1. housekeeper, maid

References

  1. ^ 家政婦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

家政婦 (gajeongbu) (hangeul 가정부)

  1. Hanja form? of 가정부 (housekeeper, maid).