JLPT N2 · Noun

お手伝いさん (otetsudaisan)

お手伝いさん (おてつだいさん, otetsudaisan) is a Japanese noun meaning “maid”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おてつだいさん
Romaji: otetsudaisan
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

maid · noun

Example sentences

お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。

The servants tried to carry out their master's order.

Tatoeba #227053

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お手伝いさん

手

handシュ・ズ・て・て- · 4 strokes

伝

transmit, go along, walk alongデン・テン・つた.わる・つた.える · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お手伝いさん.

手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful手紙てがみletter下手へたunskillfulお手洗いおてあらいtoilet手袋てぶくろglove運転手うんてんしゅdriver手伝うてつだうto help手術しゅじゅつsurgery手段しゅだんmeans助手じょしゅassistant相手あいてcompanion握手あくしゅhandshake

Source: JMdict entry 1002110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.