How to say "steward" in Japanese

• 執事しつじCommon
  nounCovers the domestic sense of steward: the butler or head servant who manages a household and its staff. This is the word you want for a steward in a great house.
• 別当べっとうCommon
  nounCovers the administrative sense: an intendant, an official title for the person placed in charge of an office or institution. It is not a domestic servant, so it seldom fits household contexts.

Use 執事 for the domestic sense of steward, a butler who manages a household and its servants, and 別当 for the administrative sense, an intendant placed in charge of an office or institution.

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• 執事しつじsteward
• スチュワードsteward
• 家従かじゅうsteward
• 家扶かふsteward
• 家令かれいsteward
• 用人ようにんmanager
• 客室係きゃくしつがかりroom clerk (hotel)
• 御用人ごようにんmanager
• 別当べっとうsteward
• 家職かしょくsteward (of an estate)