Meaning

Primary

Housekeeper

Alternative

Maid

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Your house politics are in the hands of one lady: your housekeeper. Your housekeeper knows more about your house than you do — she cleans the place, after all — so it's only natural that she would control all its politics too.

Note that it's common to use the polite honorific さん when talking about a 家政婦さん!

Reading

かせいふ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

分別のある家政婦さんで良かったよ。

I'm glad that she is a sensible maid.

いくつか個人面接をしてこの家政婦さんに決めました。

After conducting several individual interviews, I decided on this housekeeper.

私はナニーなんで、家政婦とは違います。

I am a nanny, not a housekeeper.

家政婦さんに来てもらおうかと思っているんです。

I'm thinking of having a housekeeper come.

Kanji Composition