手代

てだい

Meanings

1. Noun sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

Kanji

• 手 hand. Read as て.
• 代 era. Read as ダイ.

Words containing 手代

• 重手代 (おもてだい) head steward (of an estate)

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