"女友" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/, /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/, /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/, /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/ Chinese transliterations: nǚyǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], neoi⁵ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lí-iú [Hokkien, POJ], neng² iu² [Peng'im, Teochew], nǚyǒu [Phonetic:nǘyǒu] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nyǔyǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nü³-yu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nyǔ-yǒu [Mandarin, Yale], neuyeou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], нюйю [Mandarin, Palladius], njujju [Mandarin, Palladius], néuih yáuh [Cantonese, Yale], noey⁵ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], nêu⁵ yeo⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lí-iú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lyiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nṳ́ng iú [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 女友
  1. girlfriend Categories (topical): Female people, Love Related terms: 男友 (nányǒu)
    Sense id: en-女友-zh-noun-6pKmEnvz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: 女朋友 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 女友 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 女朋友 [Beijing], 女朋友 [Taiwan], 女友 [Taiwan], 馬子 humorous or derogatory [Taiwan], 女朋友 [Singapore], 女朋友 [Xuzhou], 女娃子 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 女娃娃 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 女娃兒 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 盤子 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 𧊅 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Guilin], 女朋友 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 攀西 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 女朋友 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 女朋友 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 女友 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 女女 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 菜 derogatory [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 女朋友 [Cantonese, Taishan], [Cantonese, Taishan], 皮油 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 女朋友 [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 女朋友 [Hakka, Meixian], 細妹朋友 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 女朋友 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 細妹朋友 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 女朋友 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 細妹朋友 [Hakka, Taichung], 女朋友 [Hakka, Taichung], 妹子朋友 [Hakka, Yunlin], 女朋友 [Hakka, Yunlin], 女朋友 [Fuzhou], 女朋友 [Xiamen], 女朋友, 姼仔 GT [Taipei], 查某朋友 [Hokkien, Penang], 查某朋友 [Hokkien, Singapore], 女朋友 [Hokkien, Manila], 查某朋友 [Hokkien, Manila], 女朋友 [Chaozhou], 查某朋友 [Singapore, Teochew], 女朋友 [Leizhou], 女朋友 [Hainanese, Singapore], 女朋友 [Wu, Shanghai], 女朋友 [Wu, Suzhou], 女朋友 [Wu, Hangzhou], 女朋友 [Wu, Ningbo], 女朋友 [Wu], 妹子 [Xiang, Changsha], GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) [Xiang], Beijing, Taiwan, 馬子 humorous, derogatory, Singapore, Xuzhou, Chengdu, 女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子, Guilin, 𧊅, Nanjing, 攀西, Guangzhou, , Hong Kong, 女女, 菜 derogatory, Taishan, Dongguan, 皮油, Singapore [Guangfu], Meixian, Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), 細妹朋友, Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], 妹子朋友, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Shishi, Taipei, 姼仔 GT, Penang [Hokkien], 查某朋友, Singapore [Hokkien], Manila [Hokkien], Chaozhou, Haifeng, Singapore [Teochew], Leizhou, Singapore [Hainanese], Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Changsha, 妹子, GT (english: General Taiwanese)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡ʑo̞jɯ̟ː] Forms: 女友 [canonical] (ruby: (じょ), (ゆう)), joyū [romanization], dyoiu [romanization], ぢよいう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Might be a borrowing from written Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”), using the expected Japanese readings for the characters. Not found in monolingual dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|zh|女友|lit=woman + friend|sort=しょゆう'}} Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じょゆう|hhira=ぢよいう}} 女(じょ)友(ゆう) • (joyū) ^(←ぢよいう (dyoiu)?)
  1. (dated, literary, rare) female friend Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen, Kyōsuke Kindaichi, ja:松村明 Tags: dated, literary, rare Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: 女友達
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          "english": "[the/my] girlfriend wants to break up",
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          "english": "[the/my] girlfriend wants to break up",
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          "text": "女友闹分手",
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        },
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          "english": "After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.",
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          "roman": "Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān.",
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          "roman": "nányǒu",
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            "Singapore"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "女娃子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "女娃娃"
        },
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            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "女娃兒"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "盤子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Guilin"
          ],
          "word": "𧊅"
        },
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            "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
            "Nanjing"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
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            "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
            "Nanjing"
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          "word": "攀西"
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            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
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            "Guangzhou"
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          "word": "女"
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          "word": "女朋友"
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            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
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          "word": "女友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "女女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "菜 derogatory"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Dongguan"
          ],
          "word": "皮油"
        },
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            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
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            "Hakka",
            "Meixian"
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            "Hakka",
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            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
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            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
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            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
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          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
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            "Fuzhou"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taipei"
          ],
          "word": "姼仔 GT"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Penang"
          ],
          "word": "查某朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "查某朋友"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
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          "word": "女朋友"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
          ],
          "word": "查某朋友"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Chaozhou"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "查某朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Leizhou"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hainanese",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Suzhou"
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          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Hangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "女朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang",
            "Changsha"
          ],
          "word": "妹子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beijing"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "word": "馬子 humorous"
        },
        {
          "word": "derogatory"
        },
        {
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xuzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Chengdu"
        },
        {
          "word": "女娃子"
        },
        {
          "word": "女娃娃"
        },
        {
          "word": "女娃兒"
        },
        {
          "word": "盤子"
        },
        {
          "word": "Guilin"
        },
        {
          "word": "𧊅"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nanjing"
        },
        {
          "word": "攀西"
        },
        {
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "女"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "word": "女女"
        },
        {
          "word": "菜 derogatory"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taishan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dongguan"
        },
        {
          "word": "皮油"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Meixian"
        },
        {
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "word": "細妹朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
          ],
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "Yunlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "妹子朋友"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fuzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shishi"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taipei"
        },
        {
          "word": "姼仔 GT"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Penang"
        },
        {
          "word": "查某朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Manila"
        },
        {
          "word": "Chaozhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Haifeng"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Leizhou"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hainanese"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shanghai"
        },
        {
          "word": "Suzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ningbo"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zhoushan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Changsha"
        },
        {
          "word": "妹子"
        },
        {
          "english": "General Taiwanese",
          "word": "GT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǚyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neoi⁵ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neng² iu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǚyǒu [Phonetic:nǘyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyǔyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nü³-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyǔ-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neuyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нюйю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njujju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "néuih yáuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "noey⁵ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nêu⁵ yeo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nṳ́ng iú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: nǘyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "女友"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "女友",
        "lit": "woman + friend",
        "sort": "しょゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Might be a borrowing from written Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”), using the expected Japanese readings for the characters.\nNot found in monolingual dictionaries.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "女友",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ],
        [
          "友",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dyoiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぢよいう",
      "roman": "dyoiu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じょゆう",
        "hhira": "ぢよいう"
      },
      "expansion": "女(じょ)友(ゆう) • (joyū) ^(←ぢよいう (dyoiu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ja:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even if one has a beloved female companion, one must have also a mistress.",
          "ref": "1912 [1881], Ishikawa Gian, Zangeroku, translation of Les Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau, page 467:",
          "roman": "Shitawashii joyū wa atte mo, betsu ni aijin ga nakute wa naranu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "慕",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "ぢよ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "いう"
            ],
            [
              "別",
              "べつ"
            ],
            [
              "愛",
              "あい"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "慕はしい女友はあつても、別に愛人がなくてはならぬ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Regarding his Darmstadt ladies, some died, while some married and left the area.",
          "ref": "1938 [1917], Kimura Kinji, Gēte, translation of Goethe by Georg Simmel, page 50:",
          "roman": "Darumushutatto no joyū wa, aru mono wa shi shi, aru mono wa kekkon shite dōchi o satta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女",
              "ぢよ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "いう"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "けつ"
            ],
            [
              "婚",
              "こん"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "去",
              "さ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ダルムシュタットの女友は、或るものは死し、或る者は結婚して同地を去つた。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "In today's feature it is revealed that the female friend of world-dominating female spy Yoshiko Kawashima was Shanghai dancing queen Li Li, and that Li Li, who was Chinese, was a mistress of Chiang Kai-shek's direct subordinate, spy agency head Dai Li, according to China Times.",
          "ref": "2011 July 31, “Kawashima Yoshiko no Chugoku Joyu wa Shō Kaiseki no supai [Chinese girlfriend of Yoshiko Kawashima was Chiang Kai-shek spy]”, in CNA:",
          "roman": "Issei o fūbi shita onna supai no Kawashima Yoshiko no joyū wa Shanhai no danshingu kuīn no Ri Rei (Rī Rī) de Chūgokujin no Rī Rī wa Shō Kaiseki chokuzoku no supai kikan no sō motojime Tai Ryū no jōfu de atta koto o Chūgoku Jihō ga kyō no fichā de akiraka ni shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "一",
              "いっ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "風",
              "ふう"
            ],
            [
              "靡",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "島",
              "しま"
            ],
            [
              "芳",
              "よし"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "シャン"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "ハイ"
            ],
            [
              "李",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "蒋",
              "ショウ"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "カイ"
            ],
            [
              "石",
              "セキ"
            ],
            [
              "直",
              "ちょく"
            ],
            [
              "属",
              "ぞく"
            ],
            [
              "機",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "総",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "元",
              "もと"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "戴",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "笠",
              "りゅう"
            ],
            [
              "情",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "婦",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "報",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "今日",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "あき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "一世を風靡した女スパイの川島芳子の女友は上海のダンシングクイーンの李麗(リィリィ)で中国人のリィリィは蒋介石直属のスパイ機関の総元締め戴笠の情婦であったことを中国時報が今日のフィチャーで明らかにした。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female friend"
      ],
      "id": "en-女友-ja-noun-plRDgmVH",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, literary, rare) female friend"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "女友達"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin",
        "Daijisen",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じょゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞jɯ̟ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "女友"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "女友",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nányǒu",
      "word": "男友"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 友",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 女",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "zh:Female people",
        "zh:Love"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[the/my] girlfriend wants to break up",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "nǚyǒu nào fēnshǒu",
          "text": "女友鬧分手",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[the/my] girlfriend wants to break up",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "nǚyǒu nào fēnshǒu",
          "text": "女友闹分手",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他,原來他也有今天。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他,原来他也有今天。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girlfriend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girlfriend",
          "girlfriend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǚyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neoi⁵ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neng² iu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǚyǒu [Phonetic:nǘyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyǔyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nü³-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyǔ-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neuyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нюйю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njujju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "néuih yáuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "noey⁵ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nêu⁵ yeo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nṳ́ng iú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: nǘyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "女友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "女友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "馬子 humorous or derogatory"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "女娃子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "女娃娃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "女娃兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "盤子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Guilin"
      ],
      "word": "𧊅"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "攀西"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "女友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "女女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "菜 derogatory"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
      ],
      "word": "皮油"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "細妹朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "細妹朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "細妹朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "細妹朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "妹子朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "word": "姼仔 GT"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ],
      "word": "查某朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "查某朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "查某朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chaozhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "查某朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Leizhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha"
      ],
      "word": "妹子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
    },
    {
      "word": "女朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "馬子 humorous"
    },
    {
      "word": "derogatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xuzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chengdu"
    },
    {
      "word": "女娃子"
    },
    {
      "word": "女娃娃"
    },
    {
      "word": "女娃兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "盤子"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guilin"
    },
    {
      "word": "𧊅"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanjing"
    },
    {
      "word": "攀西"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "女"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "女女"
    },
    {
      "word": "菜 derogatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taishan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dongguan"
    },
    {
      "word": "皮油"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meixian"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "word": "細妹朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "妹子朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fuzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shishi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taipei"
    },
    {
      "word": "姼仔 GT"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Penang"
    },
    {
      "word": "查某朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Manila"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chaozhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Haifeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leizhou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "word": "Suzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ningbo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zhoushan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Changsha"
    },
    {
      "word": "妹子"
    },
    {
      "english": "General Taiwanese",
      "word": "GT"
    }
  ],
  "word": "女友"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "女友",
        "lit": "woman + friend",
        "sort": "しょゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Might be a borrowing from written Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”), using the expected Japanese readings for the characters.\nNot found in monolingual dictionaries.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "女友",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ],
        [
          "友",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dyoiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぢよいう",
      "roman": "dyoiu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じょゆう",
        "hhira": "ぢよいう"
      },
      "expansion": "女(じょ)友(ゆう) • (joyū) ^(←ぢよいう (dyoiu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese literary terms",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms borrowed from Chinese",
        "Japanese terms derived from Chinese",
        "Japanese terms historically spelled with ぢ",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rare senses",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Female people"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even if one has a beloved female companion, one must have also a mistress.",
          "ref": "1912 [1881], Ishikawa Gian, Zangeroku, translation of Les Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau, page 467:",
          "roman": "Shitawashii joyū wa atte mo, betsu ni aijin ga nakute wa naranu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "慕",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "ぢよ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "いう"
            ],
            [
              "別",
              "べつ"
            ],
            [
              "愛",
              "あい"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "慕はしい女友はあつても、別に愛人がなくてはならぬ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Regarding his Darmstadt ladies, some died, while some married and left the area.",
          "ref": "1938 [1917], Kimura Kinji, Gēte, translation of Goethe by Georg Simmel, page 50:",
          "roman": "Darumushutatto no joyū wa, aru mono wa shi shi, aru mono wa kekkon shite dōchi o satta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女",
              "ぢよ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "いう"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "けつ"
            ],
            [
              "婚",
              "こん"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "去",
              "さ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ダルムシュタットの女友は、或るものは死し、或る者は結婚して同地を去つた。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "In today's feature it is revealed that the female friend of world-dominating female spy Yoshiko Kawashima was Shanghai dancing queen Li Li, and that Li Li, who was Chinese, was a mistress of Chiang Kai-shek's direct subordinate, spy agency head Dai Li, according to China Times.",
          "ref": "2011 July 31, “Kawashima Yoshiko no Chugoku Joyu wa Shō Kaiseki no supai [Chinese girlfriend of Yoshiko Kawashima was Chiang Kai-shek spy]”, in CNA:",
          "roman": "Issei o fūbi shita onna supai no Kawashima Yoshiko no joyū wa Shanhai no danshingu kuīn no Ri Rei (Rī Rī) de Chūgokujin no Rī Rī wa Shō Kaiseki chokuzoku no supai kikan no sō motojime Tai Ryū no jōfu de atta koto o Chūgoku Jihō ga kyō no fichā de akiraka ni shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "一",
              "いっ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "風",
              "ふう"
            ],
            [
              "靡",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "島",
              "しま"
            ],
            [
              "芳",
              "よし"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "シャン"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "ハイ"
            ],
            [
              "李",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "蒋",
              "ショウ"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "カイ"
            ],
            [
              "石",
              "セキ"
            ],
            [
              "直",
              "ちょく"
            ],
            [
              "属",
              "ぞく"
            ],
            [
              "機",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "総",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "元",
              "もと"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "戴",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "笠",
              "りゅう"
            ],
            [
              "情",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "婦",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "報",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "今日",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "あき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "一世を風靡した女スパイの川島芳子の女友は上海のダンシングクイーンの李麗(リィリィ)で中国人のリィリィは蒋介石直属のスパイ機関の総元締め戴笠の情婦であったことを中国時報が今日のフィチャーで明らかにした。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female friend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, literary, rare) female friend"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "女友達"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin",
        "Daijisen",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "じょゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞jɯ̟ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "女友"
}

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