"joshi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: joshis [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of 女子プロレス (joshi puroresu), itself a compound of 女子 (joshi, “woman”) + プロレス (puroresu, “professional wrestling”). Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|ja||女子プロレス|tr=joshi puroresu}} Ellipsis of 女子プロレス (joshi puroresu), {{compound|ja|女子|プロレス|t1=woman|t2=professional wrestling|tr1=joshi|tr2=puroresu}} 女子 (joshi, “woman”) + プロレス (puroresu, “professional wrestling”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} joshi (plural joshis)
  1. (uncountable) Japanese women's professional wrestling Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Professional wrestling
    Sense id: en-joshi-en-noun-ClYa-aKw Disambiguation of Professional wrestling: 50 50
  2. (uncountable) Japanese women's professional wrestling
    (by extension) A female Japanese professional wrestler
    Tags: broadly, uncountable Categories (topical): Professional wrestling
    Sense id: en-joshi-en-noun-LMbkSDUP Disambiguation of Professional wrestling: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95

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