See 乙女 on Wiktionary
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{
"glosses": [
"daughter"
],
"links": [
[
"daughter",
"daughter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"virgin, maiden"
],
"links": [
[
"virgin",
"virgin"
],
[
"maiden",
"maiden"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
29,
40
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
26,
31
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
9
]
],
"english": "Life is short; fall in love, young woman.",
"roman": "inochi mijikashi, koiseyo otome",
"ruby": [
[
"命",
"いのち"
],
[
"短",
"みじか"
],
[
"恋",
"こい"
],
[
"乙",
"おと"
],
[
"女",
"め"
]
],
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"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"little girl, young lady"
],
"links": [
[
"girl",
"girl"
],
[
"lady",
"lady"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "おとめ"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞to̞me̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin",
"Man'yōshū"
],
"word": "乙女"
}
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