給仕|きゅうじkyuuji[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbwaiting on a table; serving (at dinner)
    きれいなウエイトレスが給仕きゅうじしてくれた。↗
    A pretty waitress waited on us.
  2. nounwaiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy
  3. nounoffice boy; office girl
Conjugation
Dictionary form給仕する(きゅうじする)
Polite (masu)給仕します(きゅうじします)
Negative (nai)給仕しない(きゅうじしない)
polite (masen)給仕しません(きゅうじしません)
classical zu / nu給仕せず・給仕せぬ(きゅうじせず・きゅうじせぬ)
Past (ta)給仕した(きゅうじした)
polite (mashita)給仕しました(きゅうじしました)
Past negative (nakatta)給仕しなかった(きゅうじしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)給仕しませんでした(きゅうじしませんでした)
Te form給仕して(きゅうじして)
Potential給仕できる(きゅうじできる)
Passive給仕される(きゅうじされる)
Causative給仕させる(きゅうじさせる)
Causative passive給仕させられる(きゅうじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)給仕すれば(きゅうじすれば)
tara給仕したら(きゅうじしたら)
Volitional給仕しよう(きゅうじしよう)
polite (mashou)給仕しましょう(きゅうじしましょう)
Imperative給仕しろ(きゅうじしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedギャルソンNeutralFrench loanword for a male waiter in restaurants and similar places; carries a chic, upscale French flavor but is rarely used.
  • RelatedボーイNeutralLoanword for a male server or waiter, as in 「ホテルのボーイ」; now somewhat dated.
  • RelatedウェイターNeutralLoanword for a male restaurant waiter, as in 「ウェイターを呼ぶ」. Common in modern usage; 「給仕」 is the older, broader word covering both the serving and the server.

Use 「給仕」 (「給仕をする」) for the person or act of serving meals, but it sounds old-fashioned; modern restaurants say 「ウェイター」 or 「店員」, and hotel waiters are 「ボーイ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 食事しょくじの場ばで飲食いんしょくの世話せわをすること。その人ひと。
  2. 会社かいしゃなどで雑用ざつようをする人ひと。
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