Nakai (vocation)
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Nakai (vocation)
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A nakai (仲居) is a woman who serves as a waitress at a ryokan or Japanese inn. Originally written as nakai (中居), which meant the anteroom in a mansion of a kuge or gomonzeki. Nowadays it refers to work in a butler's pantry, homemaking sector, or the managing division and its office staff.
At Kyuchu, such women were also named osue. In ancient times, nakai meant a lady's maid ranking between kami-jochu and gejo. Now it means women who serve visitors in restaurants or inns. They are usually residen
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