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waitress
A female server in a restaurant or café who takes orders and serves food and drinks to customers.
A loanword from English referring to a female restaurant server.
Usage
- In modern Japanese, gender-neutral terms are increasingly preferred:
- ホールスタッフ (floor staff)
- 店員 (shop/restaurant staff)
- サーバー (server)
- ウェイトレス/ウェイター are still understood but becoming less common in job listings.
Common patterns
- ウェイトレスを呼ぶ (to call the waitress)
- ウェイトレスに注文する (to order from the waitress)
- ウェイトレスとして働く (to work as a waitress)