付き添い|つきそいtsukisoi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounattendance (on); chaperonage
2. nounattendant; escort; entourage; chaperon; retinue
   彼女かのじょは結婚式けっこんしきで花嫁はなよめの付き添つきそい役やくをつとめた。↗

   She was a bridesmaid at the wedding.

• Synonym付き添うつきそうNeutralThe verb form: to stay at someone's side and look after them, typically a sick person or child. 「付き添い」 is the noun for this act.
• SynonymエスコートNeutralLoanword for escorting someone, typically a man escorting a woman; 「付き添い」 is neutral accompanying to give care.
• Synonym介添えかいぞえNeutralA helper at someone's side, such as a bridesmaid or a second in boxing; it stresses assisting, while 「付き添い」 stresses caring attendance.
• Synonym供ともWrittenElegant native word for an attendant or companion, now usually in the form 「お供」; literary flavour compared with everyday 「付き添い」.
• Synonym従者じゅうしゃWrittenWritten word for a servant or retainer; it foregrounds the master-servant relationship rather than the act of accompanying.
• Synonym随行ずいこうWrittenFormal word for travelling along with someone, as in official parties; 「付き添い」 is everyday care-giving attendance.
• Synonym随伴ずいはんWrittenWritten word for accompanying or following someone; in mathematics it also names the adjoint matrix.
• Synonym付き添い人つきそいにんNeutralNames the person who stays with someone, while 「付き添い」 covers both the act of accompanying and the person doing it.
• SynonymアテンダントNeutralLoanword for service staff such as flight attendants; it names an occupation, not the act of accompanying someone. e.g. 「キャビンアテンダント」.
• SynonymアテンドNeutralBusiness loanword for attending to or looking after guests, such as showing a client around; 「付き添い」 is about staying beside someone to care for them.
• Related付け人つけびとNeutralAn attendant who looks after an actor's or sumo wrestler's daily needs; show-business and sumo jargon for this support role, not general accompanying.
• Related付き人つきびとNeutralA celebrity's personal assistant, as in 「付き人を務める」; show-business term for someone who trails a star, not the act of accompanying.
• Related同伴どうはんNeutralGoing along together as companions, as in 「同伴者」 or 「同伴出勤」; it stresses joint travel rather than caring for someone at their side.
• Related同行どうこうNeutralGoing somewhere together with someone, as in 「警察に同行」; it stresses the shared trip rather than staying beside to help.
• Relatedお供おともNeutralAccompanying someone, as in 「お供します」; works for a boss or for family and friends. 「付き添い」 stresses staying close to care for someone.
• Relatedお付きおつきNeutralA retainer attending a person of high rank, handling daily needs and protection; 「付き添い」 is ordinary accompanying and care.
• Related陪従ばいじゅうWrittenOld written word for attending and serving a superior; found mainly in court or historical contexts, not everyday use.
• Related随従ずいじゅうWrittenWritten word for following someone's lead; it stresses a subordinate, second-fiddle position rather than caring companionship.
• Related侍者じしゃWrittenWritten, dated word for someone attending a noble or teacher and doing odd jobs; also an altar boy at a temple or church.
• Related随行員ずいこういんWrittenFormal term for the staff who accompany an official on a trip; 「付き添い」 is everyday accompanying of a patient, child or elderly person.
• Related随伴者ずいはんしゃWrittenA written, explanatory way to say someone who travels with an important person; less common in daily speech than 「付き添い」.
• Relatedご一緒ごいっしょNeutralHonorific for doing or going together, as in 「ご一緒します」; it stresses travelling or being together, not caring for someone.
• Antonym単独たんどくNeutralBeing alone or doing something solo; the opposite of being accompanied, as 「付き添い」 implies someone at your side.

Use 「付き添い」 for staying at someone's side to care for a patient, child or elderly person, as in 「入院の付き添い」; the verb is 「付き添う」 and the person is 「付き添い人」. For an official's entourage say 「随行員」, for a star's assistant 「付き人」, for accompanying a boss or a friend 「お供」, and for simply going together 「同伴」 or 「同行」. Loanwords: 「アテンダント」 for service staff, 「アテンド」 for business guest care, 「エスコート」 for a man escorting a woman. 「随行」「随伴」「従者」「供」 etc. are written or formal; 「単独」 is the opposite, going alone.

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1. 付き添つきそい、世話せわなどをすること。