家政婦

家政婦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
家	政	婦
か Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 5
kan’on		kan’yōon

Etymology

Compound of 家政(かせい) (kasei, “housekeeping”) + 婦(ふ) (fu, “lady, woman”).

First cited to the late 1920s.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かせ​ーふ [kàséꜜèfù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠se̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

家(か)政(せい)婦(ふ) • (kaseifu) 

1. [from late 1920s] housekeeper, maid

References

1. “家政婦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
家	政	婦

Noun

家政婦 • (gajeongbu) (hangeul 가정부)

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