女中

じょちゅう

[jochuu]

Meanings

1.Noun

hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant)

旅館の女中が部屋を案内した。

The inn's waitress showed us to our room.

女中が食事を運んでくれた。

The waitress brought our meal.

昔は大きな家には何人もの女中がいたそうだ。

I heard that in the old days, large houses had several maids.