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Search Terms: *女*
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noun
1.
wife (esp. one's own wife)
2.
court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
3.
woman (esp. as a love interest)(archaism)(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
Other readings:
女房【にょうぼ】
、女房【にゅうぼう】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
princess
Other readings:
王女【おうにょ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
Ms, Miss, Madame(nuance of status)
prenominal
2.
highbrow (woman), cerebral
noun
•
men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders
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男女【なんにょ】
noun
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noun
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woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)(often used before a job title, etc.)
noun
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young female rice planter, young girl
Other readings:
早少女【さおとめ】
noun
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goddess, female deity
See also:男神 (おがみ)
Other readings:
女神【じょしん】
、女神【おんながみ】[1]
、陰神【めがみ】
、陰神【いんしん】[1]
、妻神【めがみ】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles
2.
Other readings:
女形【おやま】
、女方【おんながた】[1]
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
noun
•
Star Festival (held in July or August), Tanabata, Festival of the Weaver
See also:五節句
Other readings:
七夕【しちせき】
、棚機【たなばた】
、織女【たなばた】
、棚幡【たなばた】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
homely woman, plain-looking woman
2.
female demon(only relevant for しこめ)
Other readings:
醜女【しこめ】
、醜女【ぶおんな】
noun
•
sphinx(usually kana)
Other readings:
スフィンクス
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
noun
1.
miko, shrine maiden, young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines(Shinto term)
2.
medium, sorceress, shamaness
Other readings:
巫女【ふじょ】
、神子【みこ】
、巫子【みこ】
noun
•
men and women of all ages(yojijukugo)
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老若男女【ろうじゃくだんじょ】
noun
1.
2.
hostess (in a ryokan), waitress (in a traditional restaurant)(sensitive)
3.
court lady(archaism)
noun
•
noun
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proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant), landlady, hostess, mistress
Other readings:
女将【じょしょう】
、女将【にょしょう】
noun
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assistant, right-hand man, subordinate, wifely role
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
female clothing, wearing female clothing, cross dressing (for a man)
Common word
noun
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woman who forced her husband into marriage
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押し掛け女房【おしかけにょうぼう】
、押掛け女房【おしかけにょうぼう】
noun
•
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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prostitute (esp. Edo period)
Other readings:
女郎【じょろ】[1]
、女郎【じょうろ】[1]
、女臈【じょろう】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons), no female admission
Other readings:
女人禁制【にょにんきんぜい】
noun
•
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
noun
•
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)(biology term)
noun
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Niwaella delicata (species of loach)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アジメドジョウ
expression
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the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto(proverb)
pronoun
•
you (plural)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あなたたち《貴方達》
、あなたたち《貴方たち》
、あなたたち《貴女達》
、あなたたち《貴女たち》
noun
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noun
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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
•
woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes, woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
See also:晴れ女
noun
•
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
•
high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system)(archaism)
noun
•
Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system)(archaism)
Other readings:
采女司【うねめし】
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
•
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
•
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
Other readings:
梅茶女郎【うめちゃじょろう】
noun
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Other readings:
女宿【うるきぼし】
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
•
golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オオジョロウグモ
noun
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1995 Okinawa rape incident, kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
noun
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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】