Word Meaning 武家奉公

ぶけぼうこう bukeboukou

武家奉公 is read as ぶけぼうこう (bukeboukou) and means service with a samurai family.

Meaning

English

  1. service with a samurai family
  2. serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)

Reading

Kana

ぶけぼうこう

Romaji

bukeboukou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 68004 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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武家衆

ぶけしゅう

samurai for the shogunate

武家伝奏

ぶけでんそう

imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)

武闘家

ぶとうか

martial artist

武家屋敷

ぶけやしき

samurai residence

奉公

ほうこう

live-in domestic service

年期奉公

ねんきぼうこう

apprenticeship

女中奉公

じょちゅうぼうこう

domestic service

初奉公

ういぼうこう

first apprenticeship

渡り奉公

わたりぼうこう

working as a servant for a series of masters

滅私奉公

めっしぼうこう

selfless devotion

礼奉公

れいぼうこう

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

お礼奉公

おれいぼうこう

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship