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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

仕つかえる

N1
つかえる tsukaeru
  1. to serve
  2. to work for
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

侍奉;服务

Examples

  • コックは家族に長年仕えた。
    The cook served the family for many years.
    厨师为那家人服务了多年。
  • その老ろう人じんはその王おうに何なん年ねんも仕つかえた。
    The old man served the king for many years.
    那位老人侍奉国王多年。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('521e3dc77f'); // 仕える
{
  "id": "521e3dc77f",
  "word": "仕える",
  "reading": "つかえる",
  "romaji": "tsukaeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to serve",
    "to work for"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1304760,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "コックは家族に長年仕えた。",
      "en": "The cook served the family for many years.",
      "tatoeba_id": 224135
    },
    {
      "ja": "その老人はその王に何年も仕えた。",
      "furigana": "その{老人|ろうじん}はその{王|おう}に{何年|なんねん}も{仕|つか}えた。",
      "en": "The old man served the king for many years.",
      "tatoeba_id": 206149
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "095796e8b54d61f1938d53a702eaaad59187ae709386aa08ffe0065ac3b32505",
    "meanings": [
      "侍奉",
      "服务"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "コックは家族に長年仕えた。",
        "zh": "厨师为那家人服务了多年。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その老人はその王に何年も仕えた。",
        "zh": "那位老人侍奉国王多年。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/521e3dc77f",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1304760; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "273193a06d01b9fb87981be5365db8ec576ca2e1c442f7355d4d51e556503ce0"
  }
}