按摩

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 按摩 (あんま) means traditional massage by pressing and kneading the body and can evoke its practitioner in historical contexts.
• Basic usage: A traveler at an old inn requests a massage; a masseur in historical fiction works carefully on a guest's shoulders.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Massage requested as a service and headword embedded in an occupation
  • In 按摩を頼む, massage is the requested service; in 按摩師, the headword forms part of an occupational term. Both examples are framed historically.