"使用人" meaning in Japanese

See 使用人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕijo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ] Forms: 使用人 [canonical] (ruby: 使(), (よう), (にん)), shiyōnin [romanization]
Etymology: 使用(しよう) (shiyō) + 人(にん) (-nin) Etymology templates: {{ja-com|使用|しよう|人|-にん}} 使用(しよう) (shiyō) + 人(にん) (-nin) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しようにん}} 使(し)用(よう)人(にん) • (shiyōnin)
  1. employee Synonyms: 会社員
    Sense id: en-使用人-ja-noun-L9wBdwV9
  2. servant Synonyms: 下人, 召使い, 下僕, 下男, 下女
    Sense id: en-使用人-ja-noun-KVryxVxx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms suffixed with 人 read as にん, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 人 read as にん: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 20 80
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      "name": "ja-com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "使用(しよう) (shiyō) + 人(にん) (-nin)",
  "forms": [
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "会社員"
        }
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      ],
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          "word": "下人"
        },
        {
          "word": "召使い"
        },
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          "word": "下僕"
        },
        {
          "word": "下男"
        },
        {
          "word": "下女"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "しよーにん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕijo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "使用人"
}
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    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as にん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 使 read as し",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 用 read as よう",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with 人 read as にん",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  "etymology_text": "使用(しよう) (shiyō) + 人(にん) (-nin)",
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        {
          "word": "会社員"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "word": "下人"
        },
        {
          "word": "召使い"
        },
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          "word": "下僕"
        },
        {
          "word": "下男"
        },
        {
          "word": "下女"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "other": "しよーにん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕijo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "使用人"
}

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