下働き|したばたらきshitabataraki[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounsubordinate work; assistant
2. noundomestic duties; servant; maid; houseboy; kitchen helper
   彼かれはある金持かねもちの家いえの下働したばたらきをしていた。↗

   He worked for a rich man.

• Synonym下回りしたまわりNeutralNeutral: low-status menial work or a minor kabuki role, even a car's underside — a broader, more mixed range than 「下働き」.
• Synonym召し使いめしつかいNeutralNeutral: a servant hired for chores; leans toward old-style domestic service.
• Related使用人しようにんWrittenWritten/formal prose: a person employed by another; stresses the employment tie and does not stress doing chores.
• Related下っ端したっぱCasualColloquial for a low-ranking small fry; stresses a person's low standing, not the chores done, unlike 「下働き」.
• Related手下てしたNeutralNeutral: someone under another's control; stresses the subordination tie and carries a gangster flavor 「下働き」 lacks.
• Related下人げにんWrittenWritten prose for a lowly servant; its historical coloring makes it feel older than 「下働き」.
• Related下男げなんWrittenWritten, old-fashioned: a male servant doing odd jobs; men only.
• Related下僕げぼくWrittenWritten: a male servant, with a humbler, more self-abasing feel than 「下男」.
• Related下役したやくNeutralNeutral: a subordinate holding a low official post; bureaucratic, more tied to a position than 「下働き」.
• Related下郎げろうWrittenWritten, archaic: a low-born male servant; carries a contemptuous, insulting shade.
• Related家僕かぼくWrittenWritten and rare: a manservant serving the master inside the home.
• Related従僕じゅうぼくWrittenWritten and rare: a manservant attending someone personally, a valet.
• Related奉公人ほうこうにんWrittenWritten: one serving a samurai or merchant house; carries an Edo-period flavor.
• Related小者こものWrittenWritten: an errand boy or lowly figure in a samurai household; a small fry.
• Related奴僕ぬぼくWrittenWritten and rare: a male servant, with an archaic, old-time coloring.
• Antonym上役うわやくNeutralNeutral antonym: one's superior, a person in a higher post — the reverse of 「下働き」 doing chores for others.
• Antonym管理職かんりしょくWrittenWritten antonym: a managerial post responsible for management and supervision, not a servant role; the opposite of 「下働き」.

Use 「下働き」 for someone doing chores under another person, as in 「下働きから始める」. For a low-status small fry say 「下っ端」; for a servant, 「召し使い」 or 「使用人」. Servant words such as 「下人」, 「下男」, 「下僕」, 「下郎」 and 「奉公人」 belong to formal or historical prose, several of them male-only. The opposites are 「上役」 and, for a managerial post, 「管理職」.

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1. 他人たにんの下もとで働はたらくこと。また、そのような人ひと。
2. 炊事すいじ、洗濯せんたくなどの雑用ざつようをすること。また、そのような人ひと。