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noun
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ama, female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)
See also:海人 (あま)
Other readings:
海女【あまめ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あいなめ《鮎並》
、あいなめ《愛女》
、あいなめ《鮎並女》[1]
、アイナメ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
expression
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the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto(proverb)
noun
•
coquette, flirt, vamp, minx, tease
Other readings:
あば擦れ女【あばずれおんな】
、阿婆擦れ女【あばずれおんな】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes, woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
See also:晴れ女
noun
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woman attracted to Americans (particularly in the military)(slang, sensitive, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
noun
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woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute, good-time girl(archaism)
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浮れ女【うかれめ】
noun
1.
Ubume, birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
2.
woman in late pregnancy, woman on the point of giving birth(obscure)(only relevant for 産女 and 孕女)
Other readings:
姑獲鳥【うぶめ】
、孕女【うぶめ】
noun
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barren woman, sterile woman(sensitive)
Other readings:
石女【せきじょ】[1]
、石女【しゃくにょ】[1]
、産まず女【うまずめ】
、不生女【うまずめ】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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elderly woman
Other readings:
媼【おうな】
、老女【おうな】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
masculine woman, mannish woman(derogatory)
2.
feminine man, effeminate man(derogatory)
3.
Other readings:
おとこ女【おとこおんな】
noun
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woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
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大原女【おおはらめ】
na-adjective, noun
1.
innocent (esp. of a girl), naive, inexperienced(usually kana)
noun
2.
virgin, maiden(usually kana)
3.
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
noun
1.
noblewoman, lady(obscure)
pronoun
2.
you(honorific language)(referring to a woman; epistolary style)
noun
1.
demoness, witch, ogress, she-devil
2.
expression
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the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise(proverb, obscure)
noun
•
gallant woman
Other readings:
俠女【きょうじょ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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bitch, wench(derogatory, slang)
Other readings:
クソ女【クソじょ】
、糞女【くそおんな】
、糞女【くそじょ】
、くそ女【くそおんな】
、くそ女【くそじょ】
noun
•
prostitute working in clandestine brothel (Edo period)
See also:暗屋
noun
•
wise woman, clever woman
Other readings:
賢女【けんにょ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
small woman(archaism)
2.
young woman(archaism)
3.
young maid(archaism, sensitive)
noun
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Other readings:
ごまめ《鱓》
、ごまめ《五万米》[1]
、ごまめ《五真米》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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noun
•
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.), woman who works in an adult entertainment business, demimondaine, prostitute
See also:商売人
noun
1.
female weaver
2.
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae(astronomy term)(only relevant for しょくじょ)
See also:織女星 (しょくじょせい)
Other readings:
織女【おりめ】
、織り女【おりめ】
noun
1.
female lay devotee(Buddhist term)
suffix
2.
believer(title affixed to woman's posthumous Buddhist name)
noun
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wasp-waisted girl(archaism)
Other readings:
すがる乙女【すがるおとめ】
、蜾蠃少女【すがるおとめ】
、すがる娘子【すがるおとめ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
1.
dried squid, dried cuttlefish(usually kana)
2.
noun (prefix)
3.
(thing that) grows on one over time(slang, usually kana)
Other readings:
するめ《寿留女》[1]
、スルメ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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pious men and women, religious people, the faithful(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)
noun
1.
2.
close female servant(archaism)(orig. meaning)
Other readings:
そばめ《側妻》
、そばめ《妻》
noun
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Other readings:
たわやめ《手弱女》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
female weaver
2.
Other readings:
棚機津女【たなばたつめ】
、織女【たなばたつめ】
noun
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no-good woman, (female) loser(colloquialism)
Other readings:
駄目女【だめおんな】
noun
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Other readings:
手掛女【てかけおんな】
、手懸女【てかけおんな】