ウェイトレス

A loanword from English referring to a female restaurant server.

USAGE NOTES:

• In modern Japanese, gender-neutral terms are increasingly preferred:
• ホールスタッフ (floor staff)
• 店員(てんいん) (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(よ)ぶ (to call the waitress)
• ウェイトレスに注文(ちゅうもん)する (to order from the waitress)
• ウェイトレスとして働(はたら)く (to work as a waitress)

RELATED WORDS:

• ウェイター (waiter)
• 給仕(きゅうじ) (waiter/waitress - older/formal term)
• 仲居(なかい) (waitress at a Japanese inn/restaurant)