Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 5

Grade: 5
kan’on kan’yōon

Etymology edit

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

First cited to the late 1920s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(せい)() (kaseifu

  1. [from late 1920s] housekeeper, maid

References edit

  1. ^ 家政婦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

家政婦 (gajeongbu) (hangeul 가정부)

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