Word Meaning 部屋子

へやご heyago

部屋子 is read as へやご (heyago) and means female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period).

Meaning

English

  1. female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period)
  2. freeloader living in a samurai's house
  3. young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)
  4. young adult still living at home
  5. dependent

Reading

Kana

へやご

Romaji

heyago

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 67759 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

子供部屋

こどもべや

child's room

部屋

へや

stable

部屋方

へやがた

female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense

部屋代

へやだい

room rent

部屋持ち

へやもち

Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment

部屋持ちの親方

へやもちのおやかた

coach who owns his own stable

部屋住み

へやずみ

an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance

部屋付きの親方

へやつきのおやかた

coach associated with another coach's stable

部屋食

へやしょく

meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)

部屋ばき

へやばき

(house) slippers

部屋着

へやぎ

loungewear