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First opened Wednesday, October 17, 2018

お手伝いさん

おてつだいさん

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maid

JLPT N2Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)和語 · Native Japanese

Taken apart

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Written with 手伝

In a sentence

  • お手伝(てつだ)いさんはすぐに食卓(しょくたく)から食器(しょっき)をかたづけた。

    The maid immediately cleaned the dishes from the table.

    Tatoeba #227052, translation #64400

  • お手伝(てつだ)いさんは毎日(まいにち)の家事(かじ)にすっかり飽(あ)きてしまった。

    The maid was dead tired of her household chores.

    Tatoeba #227051, translation #64398

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What Wiktionary says

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What the labels mean

和語 Native Japanese
Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.

Also opened on October 17

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