女中

じょちゅう

Meanings

1. Noun maidservant; housemaid; maid See also: お手伝いさん (おてつだいさん).
2. hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant)
3. court lady
4. lady

Kanji

• 女 woman. Read as ジョ.
• 中 middle. Read as チュウ.

Example sentences

• どうぞ女中さんにそれを私の部屋へ運ばせてください。
  Please have the maid carry it to my room.
• 指輪を盗んだというトムの自白で女中の容疑は晴れた。
  Tom's acknowledgement that he stole the ring cleared the maid of suspicion.

Words containing 女中

• 奥女中 (おくじょちゅう) maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
• 下女中 (しもじょちゅう) kitchen maid
• 上女中 (かみじょちゅう) head servant

And 3 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists