女中|じょちゅうjochuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmaidservant; housemaid; maid
   その劇げきで彼女かのじょは女中じょちゅうと女じょ店員てんいんとの二に役やくを努つとめた。↗

   In the play she doubled the parts of a maid and shop girl.
2. nounhostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant)
3. nouncourt lady
4. nounlady

• Synonymお手伝いさんおてつだいさんNeutralNeutral, polite word for a woman hired to help with housework; 「女中」 now sounds like an old-fashioned term for the same job.
• SynonymメイドNeutralLoanword for a Western-style maid, also used for maid café staff; 「女中」 is the traditional Japanese word.
• Synonym家政婦かせいふNeutralModern, formal term for a woman who does housework as her profession; 「女中」 is the old-fashioned equivalent.
• Synonymお手伝いおてつだいNeutralEveryday word for help or assistance, and also for a hired helper; 「女中」 is the old-fashioned name for that kind of worker.
• Synonym小間使いこまづかいWrittenWritten, old term for a maid who stayed close to her master, tending to small personal chores; 「女中」 broadly means a live-in maid or ryokan hostess.
• Synonym下女げじょWrittenOld word for a maid doing menial chores, tinged with low status; today it survives only in historical or literary writing, while 「女中」 is the general term.
• Synonym下婢かひWrittenWritten word for a maidservant; rarely used and slightly demeaning, unlike the more common 「女中」.
• Synonym婢ひWrittenArchaic word for a female slave or servant, met today only in historical or literary contexts; even more dated than 「女中」, itself now an old-fashioned term.
• Related端女はしためWrittenArchaic word for a servant girl of low standing, carrying a contemptuous nuance; 「女中」 is comparatively neutral.
• Antonym主人しゅじんNeutralNeutral word for the head of a household or an employer — the master whom a 「女中」 serves, not the servant herself.
• Antonym主あるじWrittenWritten word for the master or head of a household, standing opposite the servant 「女中」.
• Antonym男中WrittenWritten term for a male servant, the direct counterpart of 「女中」; rarely used.

In modern Japanese, say 「家政婦」 or 「お手伝いさん」 for a domestic helper; 「女中」 is an old term now mostly seen in fiction, though it also covers a ryokan hostess. For a Western-style maid, use 「メイド」. 「小間使い」「下女」「下婢」「婢」「端女」 are old or literary words for maids, 「お手伝い」 is everyday help or a helper, and 「主人」/「主」 name the master served.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 他家たけや旅館りょかんなどに住み込すみこみで雑用ざつようなどをする女性じょせい。
2. 女性じょせいの敬称けいしょう。