"乙女" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: yǐnǚ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧˇ ㄋㄩˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yǐnǚ [Phonetic:yínǚ] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yǐnyǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], i³-nü³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yǐ-nyǔ [Mandarin, Yale], yiineu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], инюй [Mandarin, Palladius], injuj [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙(おと)女(め) (otome). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|乙%女|おと%め}} 乙(おと)女(め) (otome) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 乙女
  1. (neologism, slang, ACG) maiden; virgin; pure girl Tags: neologism, slang Categories (topical): Female, People Derived forms: 乙女遊戲 (yǐnǚ yóuxì), 乙女游戏 (yǐnǚ yóuxì)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [o̞to̞me̞] Forms: 乙女 [canonical] (ruby: (おと), ()), otome [romanization], wotome [romanization], をとめ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: ⟨woto₂me₁⟩ → /wotome/ → /otome/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Compound of おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”). Contrasts with 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”). See also 娘 (musume, “daughter”), 姫 (hime, “princess”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨woto₂me₁⟩}} ⟨woto₂me₁⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=おとめ}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|復つ}} 復つ, {{compound|ja|おと|女|pos1=cognate with Old Japanese verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">復つ</i> otsu, “to become young”|sort=おとめ|t2=girl, female|tr1=oto|tr2=me}} おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”), {{m|ja|男||man|pos=original meaning of “boy”|tr=otoko}} 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”), {{m|ja|娘||daughter|tr=musume}} 娘 (musume, “daughter”), {{m|ja|姫||princess|tr=hime}} 姫 (hime, “princess”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとめ|hhira=をとめ}} 乙(おと)女(め) • (otome) ^(←をとめ (wotome)?)
  1. daughter
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun-TtKPgsqW
  2. virgin, maiden
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun--KNxgFsu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 64 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 86 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 86 10
  3. little girl, young lady
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun-aQzRTQQk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 少女 [uncommon] Derived forms: 乙女座 (Otomeza) (ruby: (おと), (), ()) (english: Virgo), 乙女桜 (otomezakura) (ruby: (おと), (), (ざくら)) (english: fairy primrose), 乙女心: girl's feeling (otomegokoro) (ruby: (おと), (), (ごころ)), 乙女チック: girly (otome-chikku) (ruby: (おと), ()), 早乙女 (saotome) (ruby: (), (おと), ()) (english: young girl), 天津乙女 (amatsuotome) (ruby: (あま), (), (おと), ()) (english: celestial maiden) Related terms: 少女 (shōjo) (ruby: (しょう), (じょ))

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          "english": "Life is short; fall in love, young woman.",
          "roman": "inochi mijikashi, koiseyo otome",
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              "命",
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              "短",
              "みじか"
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              "恋",
              "こい"
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            [
              "乙",
              "おと"
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              "女",
              "め"
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    "ja:松村明"
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      "zh-pron": "yǐnǚ"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "yiineu"
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      "zh-pron": "инюй"
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    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "injuj"
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      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yínǚ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "乙女"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with を",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Virgo",
      "roman": "Otomeza",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "座",
          "ざ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "乙女座"
    },
    {
      "english": "fairy primrose",
      "roman": "otomezakura",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "桜",
          "ざくら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "乙女桜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "otomegokoro",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "心",
          "ごころ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "乙女心: girl's feeling"
    },
    {
      "roman": "otome-chikku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "乙女チック: girly"
    },
    {
      "english": "young girl",
      "roman": "saotome",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "早",
          "さ"
        ],
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "早乙女"
    },
    {
      "english": "celestial maiden",
      "roman": "amatsuotome",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "あま"
        ],
        [
          "津",
          "つ"
        ],
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "天津乙女"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "⟨woto₂me₁⟩"
      },
      "expansion": "⟨woto₂me₁⟩",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "おとめ"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ojp",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "復つ"
      },
      "expansion": "復つ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "おと",
        "3": "女",
        "pos1": "cognate with Old Japanese verb <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">復つ</i> otsu, “to become young”",
        "sort": "おとめ",
        "t2": "girl, female",
        "tr1": "oto",
        "tr2": "me"
      },
      "expansion": "おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "男",
        "3": "",
        "4": "man",
        "pos": "original meaning of “boy”",
        "tr": "otoko"
      },
      "expansion": "男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "娘",
        "3": "",
        "4": "daughter",
        "tr": "musume"
      },
      "expansion": "娘 (musume, “daughter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "姫",
        "3": "",
        "4": "princess",
        "tr": "hime"
      },
      "expansion": "姫 (hime, “princess”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "乙女",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "乙",
          "おと"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otome",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wotome",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "をとめ",
      "roman": "wotome",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "をとめ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shōjo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少女"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "daughter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daughter",
          "daughter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "virgin, maiden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ],
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "命短し、恋せよ乙女"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little girl, young lady"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "lady",
          "lady"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おとめ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞to̞me̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "少女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "乙女"
}
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    "乙女"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "乙女",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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