ウェイター

うぇいたー

noun

waiter

1. waiter

A male server in a restaurant or café who takes orders and serves food and drinks to customers.

ウェイターを呼(よ)んで注文(ちゅうもん)した。

I called the waiter and ordered.

大学生(だいがくせい)の時(とき)、ウェイターのバイトをしていた。

When I was a college student, I worked part-time as a waiter.

ウェイターが料理(りょうり)を運(はこ)んできた。

The waiter brought the food.

ウェイター is borrowed from English "waiter" and refers to male restaurant servers.

RELATED TERMS:

ウェイトレス: waitress (female)
ホールスタッフ: floor staff (gender-neutral, increasingly common)
店員(てんいん): store staff/clerk
給仕(きゅうじ): waiter/waitress (formal/old-fashioned)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

ウェイターを呼(よ)ぶ: to call the waiter
ウェイターのバイト: part-time job as a waiter

USAGE NOTE:
In modern Japan, ホールスタッフ is increasingly preferred as a gender-neutral term. 店員(てんいん) is used more broadly for any store employee, not just restaurant servers.

Related Words

Related: ウェイトレス (waitress)

Related: 店員(てんいん) (store staff)

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Added 2026.1.16 11:32 · Revised 2026.6.5 0:11

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