家政|かせいkasei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounhousehold economy; housekeeping; homemaking
    梨奈りなは家政かせい部ぶで、主おもに洋裁ようさいをやっている。↗
    Rina is in the home economics club. Her main activity is dressmaking.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related家政学かせいがくNeutralThe academic study of food, clothing, housing and the family budget, as in 「家政学部」. It is a discipline; 「家政」 is the practical running of a home.
  • Related家庭科かていかNeutralThe home economics subject taught in elementary and junior high schools, where pupils learn cooking and sewing. A school course name with an educational focus.
  • Related家事かじNeutralConcrete chores such as cooking, cleaning and laundry; very common in everyday speech. 「家政」 leans toward managing the household as a whole.
  • RelatedドメスティックサイエンスNeutralLoanword for home economics as a discipline; old-fashioned now, with 「家政学」 the usual term. 「家政」 is about the practical business of running a home.
  • RelatedホームエコノミックスNeutralLoanword for home economics or a home ec class; leans academic, and does not cover everyday housekeeping.
  • RelatedホームエコノミクスNeutralA less common spelling variant of the loanword for home economics; it names the subject, not the practice of housework.
  • RelatedドメスチックサイエンスNeutralA spelling variant of ドメスティックサイエンス with the same sense as 「家政学」; the older spelling, rarely seen today.

「家政」 is running a household, chores and finances alike, often in compounds like 「家政婦」. Chores are 「家事」, the school subject 「家庭科」, the field 「家政学」. ドメスティックサイエンス is dated, ホームエコノミクス uncommon, ホームエコノミックス academic.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (歴史れきし)ある支配しはい階層かいそうに属ぞくする家系かけいや一門いちもんにおける、公用こうようと独立どくりつした私的してきな領地りょうち等とうの支配しはい。
  2. 掃除そうじ・炊事すいじ・洗濯せんたく・裁縫さいほうなど家事かじの総称そうしょう。
  3. 家庭かていの経済けいざい。家計かけい。
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