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介添え [ateji/news2,nf47] 介添 [ateji] 介副 [sK]
かいぞえ [news2,nf47]
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ helper (e.g. for a sick person)
▶ assistant
2. [n,vs,vi]
▶ bridesmaid
▶ best man
3. [n,vs,vi]
▶ cornerman
▶ second

Conjugations


History:
12. A 2023-11-10 23:07:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11. A* 2023-11-10 20:48:16  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
All the JEs lead with "helper". "unwell" and "ill" are synonyms.
  Diff:
@@ -27,2 +27,2 @@
-<gloss>assistant (esp. of someone unwell or ill)</gloss>
-<gloss>helper</gloss>
+<gloss>helper (e.g. for a sick person)</gloss>
+<gloss>assistant</gloss>
10. A 2023-11-09 07:23:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2023-11-09 05:57:26  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
It's only 介 that is ateji, but I'm not sure that needs a special mention.
Half of my kokugos have the okurigana-less version. I think it's okay to drop the [io] tag.

〈介/かい/カイ〉〈添(え)/副(え)/ぞえ/ゾエ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 介添え  │ 23,863 │ 66.2% │
│ 介添   │ 11,091 │ 30.8% │
│ 介副   │    489 │  1.4% │
│ かい副  │    247 │  0.7% │
│ かいぞえ │    330 │  0.9% │
╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&ateji;</ke_inf>
8. A 2023-11-09 04:01:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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