おかみさん

English translation: proprietress, landlady

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Japanese term or phrase:おかみさん
English translation:proprietress, landlady
Entered by: jsl (X)

01:56 Aug 4, 2004
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Japanese term or phrase: おかみさん
旅館のおかみさんです。

How would you translate おかみさん?
Lady owner? Lady boss? Missus? ALC website suggests Missus but I am thinking of something catchy (again) :)
Wei Peng Loy
Local time: 23:09
proprietress, landlady
Explanation:
"proprietress" is a female form of "proprietor", and "landlady" is also used.

In Kanji, "okami" is written as "女将".
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jsl (X)
Local time: 00:09
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Thanks!
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5 +3Hostess
Troy Fowler
4 +2proprietress, landlady
jsl (X)


  

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proprietress, landlady


Explanation:
"proprietress" is a female form of "proprietor", and "landlady" is also used.

In Kanji, "okami" is written as "女将".



    Reference: http://www.ginzanonsen.jp/fujiya/
jsl (X)
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agree  Gabo Pena
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agree  Andreas Yan
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おかみさん
Hostess


Explanation:
In the US, the female owner of a Bed-&-Breakfast or Inn would most likely refer to herself as simply the "owner" or the "hostess." "Hostess" is the female version of "host."

Good luck.

Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 08:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ymeowy (X)
2 hrs

agree  Minoru Kuwahara: thanks for advice. all cultural settings are naturally different, while i imagine an "okamisan" of a japanese inn and a B&B female owner in US with a spirit of being hospitable to customers would never be different...
8 hrs

agree  Dave REESE
23 hrs
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