少女
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Chinese[edit]
young; few; little young; few; little; lack |
female; woman; daughter | ||
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trad. (少女) | 少 | 女 | |
simp. #(少女) | 少 | 女 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
少女
Synonyms[edit]
- (young woman): 女郎 (nǚláng)
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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少 | 女 |
しょう Grade: 2 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ).
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Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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少 | 女 |
おと Grade: 2 |
め Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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乙女 |
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”).[2][1] Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
- a girl
- a female virgin
- (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph
- (Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month
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Derived terms
- 少女さび (otomesabi): behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman
- 少女の頭 (otome no kashira): alternate term for 萱藻海苔, カヤモノリ (kayamonori), a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales (syn. Scytosiphonales), of class Phaeophyceae (brown algae), used to make nori
- 少女子 (otomeko): an unmarried young woman; a girl or young woman who dances kagura at a shrine; a miko
- 少女心 (otomegokoro): a girl's innocence, a girl's sensitive nature
- 少女文楽 (otome bunraku): a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women
- 少女巫 (otome miko): a female miko
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Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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少 | 女 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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少 | 女 |
Noun[edit]
少女
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