女神

Compound of 女 (me, “female”) + 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

1999 December 16, “逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の女(め)神(がみ) [Goddess of Reversal]”, in ＥＸ [ＥＸ], Konami:

A goddess who grants reversal power and protects the weak with her holy power.

Seinaru chikara de yowakimono o mamori, gyakuten no chikara o ataeru megami.

聖なる力で弱き者を守り、逆転の力を与える女神。

2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ) それぞれの道(みち) [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 352:

西方の女神エキドナ


女神

女神 (canonical)
me no kami (romanization)

From 女 (me, “woman”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 神 (kami, “god”), literally “female god”. Akin to the derivation of megami above.


女神

ja-noun

女(おんな)神(がみ) • (onnagami) ^(←をんながみ (wonnagami)?)

女神 (canonical)
onnagami (romanization)
wonnagami (romanization)
をんながみ (hiragana historical)

[õ̞nːa̠ɡa̠mʲi]

By surface analysis, 女 (onna, “woman”) + 神 (kami, “god”), whereby The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁); may separately be a shift from ominagami above, as the omina component, meaning “woman”, separately shifted to onna in general (see etymology of 女(おんな) (onna). However, the development of the “goddess” meaning is more difficult to explain through this analysis, so a plain compound may be the more likely.
Akin to the formations of megami and me no kami above.


女神

ja-noun

女(じょ)神(しん) • (joshin) ^(←ぢよしん (dyosin)?)

女神 (canonical)
joshin (romanization)
dyosin (romanization)
ぢよしん (hiragana historical)

/djosin/ → /d͡ʑoɕin/
From Middle Chinese 女神 (MC nrjoX zyin).


姉

From Old Japanese of unclear derivation:
* Probably originally a compound of 吾 (a, Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle) + 兄 (ye → e, “eldest sibling”):
*: ⟨a no₂ ye⟩ → */anʉʲɨe/ → /ane/
This word is an apophonic form of 兄 (ani, “elder brother”).
* Several other theories have also been suggested.


姪

姪 (canonical)
mei (romanization)
mefi (romanization)
めひ (hiragana historical)

Early Middle Japanese
Early Modern Japanese
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Ryūnoshūge

From Old Japanese; attested in the Ryūnoshūge (738) as 売比 ⟨me₁ pi₁⟩.
* ⟨me₁ pi₁⟩ → /mefi/ → /mei/
The initial me- has been frequently associated with 女 (me, “female”).


妃

妃 (canonical)
妃 (canonical)
kisaki (romanization)
kisai (romanization)

Regina, æ . reina . qisàqi .

1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, page 112:


妻

From 端 (tsuma, “side, edge”), indicating the person who is at the side of someone: a spouse. Compare the English expression better half.
This term originally referred to either a male (husband) or female (wife) spouse. In modern usage, this term refers only to a female spouse.


局

a lady-in-waiting or gentlewoman who lives in such a room


娘

1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “テイク・オフ (Teiku Ofu, “Take Off”)”, in ショートプログラム (漫(まん)画(が)) (Shōto Puroguramu (manga), “Short Program (manga)”), 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 107:

自分で自分の行動に条件をつけちゃうんだよ、この娘—— 例えば、毎年初雪が降るまでモチは食わないとか、霊柩車が通るまで道を渡らないとか、ネコがあくびするまでコタツを出ないとか。

Jibun de jibun no kōdō ni jōken o tsukechaun da yo, kono ko—— Tatoeba, maitoshi hatsuyuki ga furu made mochi wa kuwanai toka, reikyūsha ga tōru made michi o wataranai toka, neko ga akubisuru made kotatsu o denai toka.

This girl, I’m telling you, she sets terms for every of her own actions— Like, not eating mochi until the first snowfall of each year, not crossing the street until the hearse passes by, or not leaving the kotatsu until her cat yawns.


妹

⟨imo₁⟩ → */imʷo/ → /imo/
From Old Japanese 妹 (imo₁). First cited in the Kojiki of 712.
Speculatively, may be related to terms such as 女 (me₁, womi₁na, “woman”), 嫗 (omi₁na, “elderly woman”), and 母 (omo, “mother”), wherein the medial /-m-/ appears to signify woman, female. However, the difference in vowel values presents a difficulty.

(archaic, said from a male speaker) a close female companion

one's sister regardless of age difference

かりごもの思ひ乱れて我恋ふといも知るらめや人し告げずは

karigomo no omoimidarete ware kou to imo shirurame ya hito shi tsugezu wa

one's lover or sweetheart who is the subject of marriage or is already married

(archaic, said from a female speaker) a close female companion


妹

妹 (canonical)
imōto (romanization)
いもっ (alternative hiragana)
imo' (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
The Tales of Ise

/imo ɸito/ → /imowito/ → */imowuto/ → /imoːto/
Originally a compound of 妹 (imo, “sister, close female companion”) + 人 (hito, “person”). First cited in The Tales of Ise of the early 900s.
This is an instance of ウ音便 (u onbin, “u sound shift”), found in terms with bilabial consonants (/m/, /b/, /w/) followed by i; commonly seen in terms such as 玄人 (kurōto, “professional”), 素人 (shirōto, “amateur”), or possibly, 相撲 (sumō, “sumo”).


女

女 (canonical)
onna (romanization)
wonna (romanization)
をんな (hiragana historical)

女の足駄にて造れる笛には秋の鹿寄る

onna no ashida ni te tsukureru fue ni wa aki no shika yoru

女の髪の毛には大象も繫がる

onna no kami no ke ni wa taizō mo tsunagaru

⟨womi₁na⟩ → */womʲina/ → /womʉna/ → /wonːa/ → /onːa/
Shift from Old Japanese womina → omina. See the 女 (omina) entry for further details.
Now one of the standard Japanese words for "a woman".

人の女に手を出すな！

Don't you fuckin' dare touch someone else's girl!


女

⟨me₁⟩ → */mʲe/ → /me/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *mia.
Appears to be distinct from 目 (⟨me₂⟩ → me, “eye”).

女木

female tree; lower or receiving piece of wood in a join

女君: polite term for another person's wife

郎女: an ancient term of endearment for referring to a woman


梓

梓 (canonical)
Azusa (romanization)
Adusa (romanization)
あづさ (hiragana historical)

/adusa/ → /ad͡zusa/ → /azusa/
From Old Japanese.


梅

Daijisen
Heian period
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
Tōkyō
ja:松村明
Ōsaka

⟨me₂⟩ → */mːəɨ/ → *⟨mume₂⟩ → ⟨ume₂⟩ → */uməɨ/ → /ume/
From Old Japanese.
Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 梅 (MC mwoj), with the borrowed me reading gaining a pronounced kind of initial m- sound, perhaps realized as *mme. The phonetic spelling was often rendered as むめ (*mme, mume) from the Heian period, with *mme/mume and ume apparently existing in free variation. The reading eventually settled on うめ (ume). Compare the similar pattern of phonetic shift for 馬 (ma → *mma → muma → uma, “horse”), likely from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX).


雌

雌 (canonical)
雌 (canonical)
mesu (romanization)

First cited to 1867.
The initial me- is the same me component seen in many terms referring to senses of "female". The final -su portion is of uncertain derivation.
The kanji as used originally in Chinese and in older Japanese with the on'yomi of shi referred more specifically to female birds. If the term mesu is much older than the 1800s, the final -su portion may be the ancient morpheme that appears in various names for types of bird, such as 烏 (karasu, “crow”) or 鶯 (uguisu, “bush warbler”).

雌黒豹紋

the Argynnis sagana, a type of butterfly


雌

Appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE.
From Old Japanese 女 (me, “woman”). This spelling is used exclusively for non-human contexts.


雌

First cited to 1839.
/me no/ → /men/
From fusion of 雌 (me, “female plant or animal”) + の (no, “possessive particle”).


くノ一

From the three strokes of the kanji 女 (“woman”). The first character is a hiragana, the second character is a katakana, the third character is a kanji.


女帝

ja-noun

女(じょ)帝(てい) or 女(にょ)帝(たい) • (jotei or nyotai) ^(←ぢよてい (dyotei)?)

女帝 (canonical)
女帝 (canonical)
jotei (romanization)
nyotai (romanization)
dyotei (romanization)
ぢよてい (hiragana historical)

Jinnō Shōtōki
Kitabatake Chikafusa
ja:女帝


少女

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”). Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".

少女さび

behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman

a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales

young woman who dances kagura at a shrine

少女文楽

少女文楽 おとめぶんらく

a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women


お姉さん

[o̞ne̞ːsã̠ɴ]

姉:: Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else

1994 January 20 [1988 December 17], Akira Oze, “第４話 兄の命 [Chapter 4: Brother’s Life]”, in 夏子の酒 [Natsuko’s Saké], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 93:

Sister!
Natchan!
Why are you working, sister? You should be resting.
I needed a distraction… Besides, there aren’t enough hands around here.

義姉さん
夏ちゃん
なんで義姉さんが働いてるの？休んでればいいのに
いいのこのほうが気がまぎれるし……手が足りないの

Nē-san
Natchan
Nan de nē-san ga hataraiteru no? Yasundere ba ii no nī
I no kono hō ga ki ga magireru shi…… Te ga tarinai no

(honorific) elder sister: used as term of address to one's own older sister, and to refer to other people's older sisters


お母さん

Min Nan: 卡桑 (khà-sàng) (Taiwanese)

[o̞ka̠ːsã̠ɴ]

お (o-, honorific prefix) + 母 (kā, “mother”) + さん (-san, honorific suffix).
/okakasama/ → /okkasama/ → /okaːsama/
/okakasan/ → /okkasama/ → /okaːsan/
Attested in Osaka and Kyoto, with rare use in Edo (Tokyo), from the late Edo period, especially among upper-middle class households in Osaka.
Usage became widespread in the 20th century after the Ministry of Education adopted お父(とう)さん (otōsan, “father”) and お母(かあ)さん for use in 尋常小学読本 (Jinjō shōgaku dokuhon “Standard elementary school reader”, 1903).


妊娠

The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂(にんてんどう)信者(しんじゃ) (nintendō shinja, “Nintendo believer”), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.

ja-r

にんてんどう% しんじゃ


天女

From Middle Chinese 天女 (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

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(Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female


彼女

ja-pos

彼(かの)女(じょ) • (kanojo) ^(←かのぢよ (kanodyo)?)

彼女 (canonical)
kanojo (romanization)
kanodyo (romanization)
かのぢよ (hiragana historical)

Daijirin
Daijisen
Edo period
Taishō period
ja:彼女
ja:松村明

First appears in writing in the late Edo period as a compound of 彼の (kano, ano, “that”) + 女 (onna, “woman”) with the reading kano onna or ano onna, simply meaning “that woman”. The kanojo reading arose by replacing the kun'yomi reading of onna for the second character with its on'yomi of jo. The first written appearance of the kanojo reading is in 1876, in the 改正画引小学読本 (Kaisei Gakubiki Shōgaku Dokuhon, “Revised Stroke-ordered Elementary-school Reader”). The first clear use of this term as a pronoun is around 1888, arising out of influence from Western works. The kanojo reading became more common and replaced kano onna and ano onna during the Taishō period (1912-1926).

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彼氏彼女の事情

1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 191:

“She showed interest in my ‘History of Cosmic Reclamation’”

「彼女はぼくの『宇宙開拓史』に興味を示した」

“Kanojo wa boku no ‘Uchū Kaitakushi’ ni kyōmi o shimeshita”

やはり彼(かの)女(じょ)が大(だい)事(じ)な実(じっ)験(けん)体(たい)だからか？裂き喰らう城(ピルム・ムーリアリス)

Kore Yamazaki, “第(だい)5(ご)篇(へん) Misfortunes seldom come singly. [Composition 5: Misfortunes seldom come singly.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁(The Ancient Magus Bride) [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 174:

After all, she’s your indispensable specimen, right? Pilum murialis

Yahari kanojo ga daiji na jikkentai dakara ka? Pirumu mūriarisu

2004 February 6, “レオニンのシカール [Leonin Shikari]”, in ダークスティール [Darksteel], Wizards of the Coast:

彼女の本能は、その刃ほども鋭い。

Kanojo no honnō wa, sono yaiba hodo mo surudoi.

2016 July 22, “エムラクールの加(か)護(ご) [Boon of Emrakul]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:

All around Emrakul, life re-formed in her image.

エムラクールの周囲では、彼女の想像に合わせて生命が形を変える。

Emurakūru no shūi de wa, kanojo no sōzō ni awasete seimei ga katachi o kaeru.

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her


彼女

ja-noun

彼(かの)女(じょ) or 彼女(カノジョ) • (kanojo) ^(←かのぢよ (kanodyo) or カノヂヨ (kanodyo)?)

彼女 (canonical)
彼女 (canonical)
kanojo (romanization)
kanodyo (romanization)
かのぢよ (hiragana historical)
カノヂヨ (hiragana historical)

→ Korean: 그녀(女) (geunyeo) (calque)

あぁ、彼女がほしいなぁ…

2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)十(じゅう)六(ろく)訓(くん) 考(かんが)えたら人(じん)生(せい)ってオッさんになってからの方(ほう)が長(なが)いじゃねーか！ 恐(こわ)っ‼ [Lesson 16: Come to Think of It, Life Gets Longer When You’re Old! Spooky!!]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

てめーは彼女かぁぁ‼

てめーは彼女かぁぁ‼

これって……コムギさん⁉自(じ)分(ぶん)の彼(かの)女(じょ)がやられてるのにその恍(こう)惚(こつ)の表(ひょう)情(じょう)は……ナニ⁉
コムギは寝(ね)取(と)られ(ＮＴＲ)フェチなのさ

2008 July 23, TAGRO, “#05”, in 変ゼミ [Abnormal Physiology Seminar], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 83:

That is… Komugi-san!? His girlfriend’s cheating on him, and yet he has that satisfied look on his face… What the heck⁉
Komugi has a cuckold’s fetish

Kore tte…… Komugi-san⁉ Jibun no kanojo ga yararete ru no ni sono kōkotsu no hyōjō wa…… nani⁉
Komugi wa netorare fechi na no sa

2013 August 7, ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “21(にじゅういち)撃(げき)目(め) 巨(きょ)大(だい)隕(いん)石(せき) [21st Hit: Giant Meteorite]”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN(【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 25:

死ぬ前に彼女欲しかったなあ…………

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)


姉妹

姉妹(きょうだい) • (kyōdai) ^(←きやうだい (kyaudai)?)

姉妹 (canonical)
kyōdai (romanization)
kyaudai (romanization)
きやうだい (hiragana historical)

Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “brothers”). (sisters)


女人

女人禁制

女人禁制 にょにんきんせい


女性

女(じょ)性(せい) • (josei) ^(←ぢよせい (dyosei)?) (counter 人)

女性 (canonical)
josei (romanization)
dyosei (romanization)
人 (counter)
ぢよせい (hiragana historical)

Spelling repurposed from nyoshō below during the Meiji period (1868–1912), using the relatively newer kan'on readings of the characters.

1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:

Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?

年頃の女性が自分の腸なんか見ていていいのだろうか

Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka

1999 August 26, “誕(たん)生(じょう)の天(てん)使(し) [Angel of Birth]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:

Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.

女性のおなかに命が宿った事を知らせてくれると言われている。

Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.

2000 January 27, “アルラウネ [Alraune]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

A flower-dwelling woman who spreads poisonous pollen. Never get anywhere near her.

花の中の女性が毒花粉をまき散らす。近づいてはいけない。

Hana no naka no josei ga doku kafun o makichirasu. Chikazuite wa ikenai.

これで興(こう)福(ふく)寺(じ)学園を処分する理由が出来ました 多勢で一人の女性を暴行した罪は重く…その償いは死

2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

I now have a justification to dispose of Kōfukuji Academy. Ganging up on a lone woman, that shall not go unpunished… And the punishment is death.

Kore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi


従姉妹

From 従 (jū-, “secondary”) + 姉妹 (shimai, “sisters”).


外祖母

ja-noun

外(がい)祖(そ)母(ぼ) • (gaisobo) ^(←ぐわいそぼ (gwaisobo)?)

外祖母 (canonical)
gaisobo (romanization)
gwaisobo (romanization)
ぐわいそぼ (hiragana historical)

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother

(rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother


羊水

羊水 (canonical)
yōsui (romanization)
yausui (romanization)
やうすい (hiragana historical)


乙姫

乙 (oto, “young girl; youngest girl”) + 姫 (hime, “daughter or young lady of noble or gentle birth; princess”)

compound

Otohime, princess of Ryūgū Castle in the tale of Urashima Tarō

リュウグウノオトヒメノモトユイノキリハズシ

Zostera marina; cutting of the hairtie of Otohime of Ryūgū

浦島太郎: Urashima Tarō

浦島太郎 うらしまたろう


酒色

alcohol and beautiful women; drinking and womanizing


女子

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) + 子 (ko, “child”).


女子

ja-noun

女(おみな)子(ご) • (ominago) ^(←をみなご (wominago)?)

女子 (canonical)
ominago (romanization)
wominago (romanization)
をみなご (hiragana historical)


女子

女(おんな)子(ご) • (onnago) ^(←をんなご (wonnago)?)

女子 (canonical)
onnago (romanization)
wonnago (romanization)
をんなご (hiragana historical)

wonnago → onnago. From earlier 女子 (ominago).


女子

女子 (canonical)
onago (romanization)
wonago (romanization)
をなご (hiragana historical)

1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “歓(かん)迎(げい)会(かい)の〝突(つ)き〞の巻(まき) [A "Tsuki" at the Welcome Party]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:

お…おなごじゃあ‼めんごいおなごさおるぞ！


妊娠線

妊娠線 (canonical)
ninshinsen (romanization)


出産

出産する (canonical)
shussan suru (romanization)
出産し (stem)
出産した (past)
出産し
しゅっさんし
shussan shi
出産する
しゅっさんする
shussan suru
出産すれ
しゅっさんすれ
shussan sure
出産せよ (imperative literary)
出産しろ (colloquial imperative)
しゅっさんせよ (imperative literary)
しゅっさんしろ (colloquial imperative)
shussan seyo (imperative literary)
shussan shiro (colloquial imperative)
出産される (passive)
しゅっさんされる (passive)
shussan sareru (passive)
出産させる (causative)
出産さす (causative)
しゅっさんさせる (causative)
しゅっさんさす (causative)
shussan saseru (causative)
shussan sasu (causative)
出産できる (potential)
しゅっさんできる (potential)
shussan dekiru (potential)
出産しよう (volitional)
しゅっさんしよう (volitional)
shussan shiyō (volitional)
出産しない (negative)
しゅっさんしない (negative)
shussan shinai (negative)
出産せず (continuative negative)
しゅっさんせず (continuative negative)
shussan sezu (continuative negative)
出産します (formal)
しゅっさんします (formal)
shussan shimasu (formal)
出産した (perfective)
しゅっさんした (perfective)
shussan shita (perfective)
出産して (conjunctive)
しゅっさんして (conjunctive)
shussan shite (conjunctive)
出産すれば (conditional hypothetical)
しゅっさんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
shussan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


老婆

老婆 (canonical)
rōba (romanization)
rauba (romanization)
らうば (hiragana historical)


采女

(historical) a lady-in-waiting in the Inner Palace who served the Emperor and Empress. The position continued in name until the Edo period


はなよめ

From 花 (hana, “flower”) + 嫁 (yome, “bride”).

花嫁介添人

花嫁介添人 はなよめかいぞえにん

花嫁学校

花嫁学校 はなよめがっこう

写真花嫁

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ナプキン

[na̠pɯ̟̊kʲĩɴ]


可愛い子ちゃん

可愛い子ちゃん (canonical)
kawaikochan (romanization)

可愛い (kawaii) + 子 (ko) + ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix)


生理

Short for 生理学 (seirigaku, “physiology”).

前の生理はいつでしたか


継母

継(けい)母(ぼ) or 継(まま)母(はは) • (keibo or mamahaha)

継母 (canonical)
継母 (canonical)
keibo (romanization)
mamahaha (romanization)


美人

From Middle Chinese 美人 (MC mijX nyin, literally “beautiful (especially feminine) + person”). Compare modern Min Nan reading bí-jîn.
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

美人傘

a large and deep umbrella that was fashionable in the late Meiji period

美人蕉: the Chinese-derived alternate for 姫芭蕉

a variety of plantain of family Musaceae

美人草: alternate name for 雛罌粟

Papaver rhoeas, a field poppy or corn poppy

美人というも皮一重: → beauty is only skin deep

even a beautiful person only has one skin

美人に年なし: → a beautiful person often looks young no matter their age

the end of [being] a beautiful person is turning into a monkey

美人の終わりは猿になる: → a beautiful woman becomes less beautiful as she ages

美人は言わねど隠れなし: “even if you don't say that someone is beautiful

there's no hiding it” → if someone is beautiful

美人薄命: → beauty often doesn't last

美人薄命 びじんはくめい

a beautiful person has a thin [i.e. short] life

モナ・リザといえばやはり美人ですね。

That Mona Lisa, she really is a beauty, isn't she.

(historical) in ancient China, the fifth of fourteen ranks for imperial ladies-in-waiting


美人

ja-noun

美(かおよ)人(びと) • (kaoyobito) ^(←かほよびと (kafoyobito)?)

美人 (canonical)
kaoyobito (romanization)
kafoyobito (romanization)
かほよびと (hiragana historical)

Compound of 顔 (kao, “face”) + 良 (yo, “good”, the stem of adjective 良い yoi, “good”) + 人 (hito, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The 美 kanji spelling for the kaoyo portion of the reading is an example of jukujikun.

compound

the stem of adjective <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">良い</i> yoi, “good”

(archaic, possibly obsolete) a beautiful woman, a beauty, a belle


太后

From Middle Chinese 太后 (MC thajH huwX|huwH).


太后

ja-noun

太(おお)后(きさき) • (ōkisaki) ^(←おほきさき (ofokisaki)?)

太(おお)后(きさい) • (ōkisai) ^(←おほきさい (ofokisai)?)

太后 • ^ (canonical)
太后 (canonical)
ōkisaki (romanization)
ofokisaki (romanization)
ōkisai (romanization)
ofokisai (romanization)
おほきさき (hiragana historical)
おほきさい (hiragana historical)

Extension of 大后 (ōkisaki, “empress”), also read as later ōkisai.

大后も参りたまはむとするを...

Though the Empress Dowager also thought she would visit him...


処女

処女 (canonical)
shojo (romanization)
syodyo (romanization)
しょぢょ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 處女 (MC tsyhoX|tsyhoH nrjoX|nrjoH). /syodyo/ > /syozyo/.
Originally referred in Japanese to a woman in a house ([家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな) ie ni iru onna), more specifically to an unmarried woman.

lang

[家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな)

[家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな)

furigana/ja

[家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな)

30歳の処女

female virgin (female who has not had sexual experience)


魔女

魔女 (canonical)
majo (romanization)
madyo (romanization)
まぢよ (hiragana historical)

Appears to be from Middle Chinese 魔女 (MC ma nrjoX|nrjoH).

1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン子(こ) 大(おお)いに怒(いか)る （赤(あか)毛(げ)のアン子(こ) 改(かい)題(だい)） [When Anko Really Gets Mad (originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 71:

Anko. As for the mysterious power you displayed…. It’s of a kind that has been running in your mother’s bloodline for generations since ancient times. Your ancestors seem to have come from Thessaly, Greece. They immigrated to Salem, America in the 18th century. That bloodline… basically it was…. A noted line of true witches.

アン子。きみがみせたふしぎな力はね…。きみのおかあさんの家系に、遠い昔から代だい受けつがれてきた血すじによるものだ。御先祖は、ギリシアのテッサリア地方の出らしい。18世紀にアメリカのサレムに移住している。この家系は、………つまりなんというか………。ゆいしょ正しい魔女の名門なんだよ。

Anko. Kimi ga miseta fushigi na chikara wa ne…. Kimi no okā-san no kakei ni, tōi mukashi kara daidai uketsugarete kita chisuji ni yoru mono da. Go-senzo wa, Girishia no Tessaria chihō no de rashii. Jūhasseiki ni Amerika no Saremu ni ijū shite iru. Kono kakei wa,………tsumari nan to iu ka………. Yuisho tadashii majo no meimon na n da yo.

1999 May 25, “エンジェル・魔(ま)女(じょ) [Angel-Witch]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

An angel who became an aspiring witch even though she was destined to be a full-fledged angel.

天使になる運命を背負っていたが、あこがれの魔女になった天使。

Tenshi ni naru unmei o seotte ita ga, akogare no majo ni natta tenshi.

2012 May 4, “獰(どう)猛(もう)さの勝(しょう)利(り) [Triumph of Ferocity]”, in アヴァシンの帰還 [Avacyn’s Return], Wizards of the Coast:

Rid me of this curse, witch. Or go down with me.

魔女よ、この呪いを解け。でなければ道連れにしてやる。

Majo yo, kono noroi o toke. De nakereba michizure ni shite yaru.


フェミニズム

[ɸe̞mʲiɲ̟izɨmɯ̟]

feminism (the social theory or political movement)


孕む

ja-verb

孕(はら)む • (haramu) godan (stem 孕(はら)み (harami), past 孕(はら)んだ (haranda))

孕む (canonical)
haramu (romanization)
孕み (stem)
孕んだ (past)
孕ま
はらま
harama
孕み
はらみ
harami
孕む
はらむ
haramu
孕め
はらめ
harame
孕まれる (passive)
はらまれる (passive)
haramareru (passive)
孕ませる (causative)
孕ます (causative)
はらませる (causative)
はらます (causative)
haramaseru (causative)
haramasu (causative)
孕める (potential)
はらめる (potential)
harameru (potential)
孕もう (volitional)
はらもう (volitional)
haramō (volitional)
孕まない (negative)
はらまない (negative)
haramanai (negative)
孕まず (continuative negative)
はらまず (continuative negative)
haramazu (continuative negative)
孕みます (formal)
はらみます (formal)
haramimasu (formal)
孕んだ (perfective)
はらんだ (perfective)
haranda (perfective)
孕んで (conjunctive)
はらんで (conjunctive)
harande (conjunctive)
孕めば (conditional hypothetical)
はらめば (conditional hypothetical)
harameba (conditional hypothetical)
孕ま (irrealis stem)
はらま (irrealis stem)
farama (irrealis)
孕み (continuative stem)
はらみ (continuative stem)
farami (continuative)
孕む (stem terminative)
はらむ (stem terminative)
faramu (terminative)
孕む (attributive stem)
はらむ (attributive stem)
faramu (attributive)
孕め (realis stem)
はらめ (realis stem)
farame (realis)
孕め (imperative stem)
はらめ (imperative stem)
farame (imperative)
孕まず (negative)
はらまず (negative)
faramazu (negative)
孕めど (contrastive)
はらめど (contrastive)
faramedo (contrastive)
孕めば (causative)
はらめば (causative)
farameba (causative)
孕まば (conditional)
はらまば (conditional)
faramaba (conditional)
孕みき (past)
はらみき (past)
faramiki (past)
孕みけり (past)
はらみけり (past)
faramikeri (past)
孕みつ (perfect)
はらみつ (perfect)
faramitu (perfect)
孕みぬ (perfect)
はらみぬ (perfect)
faraminu (perfect)
孕めり (continuative perfect)
孕みたり (continuative perfect)
はらめり (continuative perfect)
はらみたり (continuative perfect)
farameri (continuative perfect)
faramitari (continuative perfect)
孕まむ (volitional)
はらまむ (volitional)
faramamu (volitional)


宮女

ja-noun

宮(みや)女(おみな) or 宮女(みやおんな) • (miyaomina or miyaonna) ^(←みやをみな (myawomina)?)

宮女 (canonical)
宮女 (canonical)
miyaomina (romanization)
miyaonna (romanization)
myawomina (romanization)
みやをみな (hiragana historical)

(archaic) a woman attendant in the imperial court


宮女

a woman attendant in the imperial court; lady-in-waiting


婦女

婦女子

women and children; a woman, grown woman, wife


義母

From Chinese 義母／义母 (yìmǔ, “adoptive mother”).


王女

王女 (canonical)
ōjo (romanization)
waudyo (romanization)
わうぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

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1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)２(に)巻(かん) ねむれる森(もり)の美(び)女(じょ) [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 2: Sleeping Beauty]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 115:

From that day on, she became known as the Sleepless Beauty.

このときから、ねむれぬ森の王女とよばれるようになった。

Kono toki kara, Nemurenu Mori no Ōjo to yobareru yō ni natta.


王女

王女 (canonical)
ōnyo (romanization)
waunyo (romanization)
わうによ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.


バックシャン

[ba̠k̚kɯ̟̊ɕã̠ɴ]

Compound of バック (bakku, “back”) + シャン (shan, “beautiful woman”).

compound

(dated slang, in particular) butterface: A woman who is attractive from behind but ugly from the front.


美少女

ja-noun

美(び)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (bishōjo) ^(←びせうぢよ (biseudyo)?)

美少女 (canonical)
bishōjo (romanization)
biseudyo (romanization)
びせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

[bʲiɕo̞ːʑo̞]

美 (bi, “beautiful”) + 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)

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1991 March 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “ＰＡＲＴ(パート).10 そして拳(けん)印(いん)は消(き)えた [PART.10 The Mark’s Finally Gone]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 14 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 155:

あ…あの女きさまだったのか。

あ…あの女きさまだったのか。


悪女

悪女 (canonical)
akujo (romanization)
akudyo (romanization)
あくぢよ (hiragana historical)


帝王切開

ja-noun

帝(てい)王(おう)切(せっ)開(かい) • (teiō sekkai) ^(←ていわうせつかい (teiwausetukai)?)

帝王切開 (canonical)
teiō sekkai (romanization)
teiwausetukai (romanization)
ていわうせつかい (hiragana historical)

From 帝王 (teiō, “emperor”) + 切開 (sekkai, “section; incision”), perhaps a calque of German Kaiserschnitt, ultimately from Latin sectiō caesarēa, whence also English Caesarean section.


OL

→ English: OL

→ Chinese: OL

オフィスレディー オフィスレディー#Japanese

Initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, “office lady”) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)


美女

美女 (canonical)
bijo (romanization)
bidyo (romanization)
びぢよ (hiragana historical)

/bidjo/ → /bid͡ʑjo/ → /biʑo/
From Middle Chinese 美女 (MC mijX nrjoX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

美女と野獣


ゴム

ゴム製サンダル

rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)

short for 消しゴム (keshi-gomu, “rubber (eraser)”)

short for ヘアゴム (hea-gomu, “hair tie, scrunchie”)


子女

子女 (canonical)
shijo (romanization)
sidyo (romanization)
しぢよ (hiragana historical)


鬻女

A compound of the nominalization of the verb 鬻(ひさ)く (hisaku, “sell”) + 女(め) (me, “woman”).

ja-compound

俗云販婦比佐岐女、裨販也

938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 105:

Commonly called a female merchant- hisakime, she's a petty trader


鬻女

A compound of the nominalization of the verb 鬻(ひさ)ぐ (hisagu, “sell”) + 女(め) (me, “woman”).


部屋子

Compound of 部屋 (heya, “room”) + 子 (ko, “child”).

a female servant working in a daimyō, ōoku, or other high-ranking house


巫女

Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Meiji Jingu
Miko
ja:巫女

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神(み) (mi, “spirit, god”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”), as suggested by the alternative spelling 神子.
Formerly spelled as 巫 on its own. The modern kanji spelling 巫女 appears to be jukujikun (熟字訓).

An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities. A shrine maid.

2017 April 15, “星(せい)杯(はい)を戴(いただ)く巫(み)女(こ) [Priestess Who Drinks from the Star Chalice]”, in Code(コード) of(オブ) the(ザ) Duelist(デュエリスト), Konami:

A priestess who offers soul-reposing prayers to the Star God.

星神に鎮魂の祈りを捧げる巫女。

Seishin ni chinkon no inori o sasageru miko.

An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.


巫女

巫女 (canonical)
fujo (romanization)
fudyo (romanization)
ふぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 巫女 (mju? nrjo^X, literally “shaman + woman”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wūnǚ.


醜女

ja-noun

醜(ぶ)女(おんな) • (buonna) ^(←ぶをんな (bwonna)?)

醜女 (canonical)
buonna (romanization)
bwonna (romanization)
ぶをんな (hiragana historical)

Compound of 醜 (bu, “ugly”) + 女 (onna, “woman”).


醜女

Compound of 醜 (shiko, “ugly; ferocious”) + 女 (me, “woman”).


醜女

ja-noun

醜(しゅう)女(じょ) • (shūjo) ^(←しうぢよ (siudyo)?)

醜女 (canonical)
shūjo (romanization)
siudyo (romanization)
しうぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 醜女／丑女 (tsyhuw^X nrjo^X, literally “ugly + woman”). Compare modern Mandarin reading chǒu nǚ.


コンドーム

Borrowed from German Kondom, from English condom, or from French condom.

a condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)

Daijisen
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:コンドーム
ja:松村明


悪阻

悪阻 (canonical)
tsuwari (romanization)
tufari (romanization)
つはり (hiragana historical)

[t͡sɨβ̞a̠ɾʲi]

tupari > tuɸari > tuwari. The adverbial form of the verb つわる (tsuwaru, “to have morning sickness”) nominalized. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).


悪阻

悪阻 (canonical)
oso (romanization)
woso (romanization)
をそ (hiragana historical)


郎女

From いら (ira, “kinship”) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 女(め) (me, “female”).

ja-compound

大伴坂上郎女

(archaic, familiar) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “a young girl or woman”)


源氏名

ja-noun

源(げん)氏(じ)名(な) • (Genji-na) ^(←げんじな (genzina)?)

源氏名 (canonical)
Genji-na (romanization)
genzina (romanization)
げんじな (hiragana historical)

[ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑina̠]

nickname, historically used by courtesan and prostitutes and today also used by women who work in bars and nightclubs


女友

女友 (canonical)
joyū (romanization)
dyoiu (romanization)
ぢよいう (hiragana historical)

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.

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1912 [1881], Ishikawa Gian, Zangeroku, translation of Les Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau, page 467:

慕はしい女友はあつても、別に愛人がなくてはならぬ。

Shitawashii joyū wa atte mo, betsu ni aijin ga nakute wa naranu.

Even if one has a beloved female companion, one must have also a mistress.

1938 [1917], Kimura Kinji, Gēte, translation of Goethe by Georg Simmel, page 50:

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。

Darumushutatto no joyū wa, aru mono wa shi shi, aru mono wa kekkon shite dōchi o satta.

Regarding his Darmstadt ladies, some died, while some married and left the area.

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:

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.

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。

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.

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:松村明


傀儡女

傀儡女 (canonical)
kugutsume (romanization)

From 傀儡 (kugutsu, “puppet; puppeteer; prostitute”) + 女 (me, “female”).

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(historical) a female 傀儡子 (kugutsushi, “wandering street puppeteer”)

a prostitute; a female puppeteer who engaged in prostitution


初産

初産 (canonical)
uizan (romanization)
ufizan (romanization)
うひざん (hiragana historical)


紅一点

→ Korean: 홍일점 (hong'iljeom)

From a line in the Chinese 咏石榴花 (“Ode to a Pomegranate Flower”) by the Song dynasty poet Wang Anshi

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A single red flower blooms amidst a field of greenery. No extra spring scenery is needed to make it more lovely.

Nónglǜ wàn zhī hóng yīdiǎn, dòngrén chūnsè bùxū duō.

濃綠萬枝紅一點，動人春色不須多。

浓绿万枝红一点，动人春色不须多。

炎(ほのお)を操(あやつ)るＥ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)の紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん)。紅(ぐ)蓮(れん)の炎(ほのお)、バーストファイヤーが悪(あく)を焼(や)き尽(つ)くす。

2004 December 18, “Ｅ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー) バーストレディ [Elemental HERO Burstlady]”, in PREMIUM PACK 8, Konami:

The sole female member of the Elemental HEROes, and one who manipulates fire. Burstfire, her crimson fire attack, burns away evil.

Honō o ayatsuru Erementaru Hīrō no kōitten. Guren no honō, Bāsutofaiyā ga aku o yakitsukusu.

(figurative) a single woman among many men


後産

(obstetrics) afterbirth (material expelled after childbirth)


胞衣

ja-noun

胞(ほう)衣(い) or 胞(ほう)衣(え) • (hōi or hōe) ^(←はうい (faui) or はうえ (faue)?)

胞衣 (canonical)
胞衣 (canonical)
hōi (romanization)
hōe (romanization)
faui (romanization)
faue (romanization)
はうい (hiragana historical)
はうえ (hiragana historical)

Synonym of えな (ena, “(obstetrics) afterbirth”)


公主

Middle Chinese 公主 (kuŋ t͡ɕɨo^X, literally “her marriage is presided by the 三公 (“Three Ducal Ministers”)”)

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her marriage is presided by the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">三公</i> (“Three Ducal Ministers”)

(historical, monarchy) a non-Japanese East Asian princess


月経

月経前緊張症

月経前緊張症 げっけいぜんきんちょうしょう

月経前症候群

月経前症候群 げけいぜんしょうこうぐん

月経前不機嫌性障害

月経前不機嫌性障害 げっけいぜんふきげんせいしょうがい

月経前不快気分障害

月経前不快気分障害 げっけいぜんふかいきぶんしょうがい

月経困難症

月経困難症 げっけいこんなんしょう

月経閉止期

月経閉止期 げっけいへいしき

月経周期

月経周期 げっけいしゅうき

月経不順

月経不順 げっけいふじゅん


授精

insemination, fertilization, impregnation, pollination

試験管内授精

試験管内授精 しけんかんないじゅせい


巫医

Someone who is both a shrine maiden and a doctor.


魔法少女

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^(←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?)

魔法少女 (canonical)
mahō shōjo (romanization)
mafafuseudyo (romanization)
まはふせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)

→ English: magical girl (calque)

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


まぐろおんな

ja-noun

まぐろおんな or マグロおんな • (maguro onna) ^(←まぐろをんな (magurowonna)?)

まぐろおんな (canonical)
マグロおんな (canonical)
maguro onna (romanization)
magurowonna (romanization)
まぐろをんな (hiragana historical)

[ma̠ɡɯ̟ɾo̞ õ̞nːa̠]

(sex, slang) dead fish, a woman who lies flat during sexual intercourse


女史

Generic honorific suffix for women: Ms. / Miss / Mrs.


海女

Unknown, but the same as 海人 (ama, “male diver”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

a female diver, especially for shellfish and seaweed


皇女

皇(こう)女(じょ) • (kōjo) ^(←くわうぢよ (kwaudyo)?)

皇女 (canonical)
kōjo (romanization)
kwaudyo (romanization)
くわうぢよ (hiragana historical)

/kwaudʲo/ → /kwɔːd͡ʑo/ → /koːd͡ʑo/
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC hwang nrjoX|nrjoH). First cited to the early 1300s.

an imperial princess of Japan (the Emperor's daughter)


皇女

皇女 (canonical)
ōjo (romanization)
waudyo (romanization)
わうぢよ (hiragana historical)

/waudʲo/ → /wɔːd͡ʑo/ → /oːd͡ʑo/
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC hwang nrjoX|nrjoH).
The mixed use of the goon reading of /oː/ for the first kanji and the kan'on reading of /d͡ʑo/ for the second kanji may indicate a shift within Japanese after borrowing. The first appearance of this reading is unknown, but it would be some time after the appearance of the /koːd͡ʑo/ reading in the early 1300s.


慰安婦

慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (ianfu) ^(←ゐあんふ (wianfu)?)

慰安婦 (canonical)
ianfu (romanization)
wianfu (romanization)
ゐあんふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) + 婦 (fu, “a woman”).

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(more specifically) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War


生理痛

ja-noun

生(せい)理(り)痛(つう) • (seiritsū) ^(←せいりつう (seirituu)?)

生理痛 (canonical)
seiritsū (romanization)
seirituu (romanization)
せいりつう (hiragana historical)

[se̞ːɾʲit͡sɨː]

From 生(せい)理(り) (seiri, “menses, menstruation”) + 痛(つう) (tsū, “pain”).

ja-compound

生理痛がものすごく酷いです。


母ちゃん

From 母 (kā, “mother”) + ちゃん (-chan, “familiar suffix”).


伯母さん

伯母さん (canonical)
obasan (romanization)
wobasan (romanization)
をばさん (hiragana historical)


叔母さん

叔母さん (canonical)
obasan (romanization)
wobasan (romanization)
をばさん (hiragana historical)

an aunt who is younger than one's parent


丸太

丸太 (canonical)
maruta (romanization)
まろた (alternative hiragana)
marota (Rōmaji)

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→ Korean: 마루타 (maruta, “human guinea pig”)

→ Mandarin: 馬路大／马路大 (mǎlùdà)

Compound of 丸 (maru, “circle; round”) + 太 (ta, “fat”, here possibly emphasizing the roundness).
First cited to a text from 1633.

丸太舟

a kind of boat made of logs and used mainly on Lake Biwa from the medieval period

丸太洗い

logs used to shore up the bottom of a reservoir pond or sewer outlet

feelings not getting through to another person

much as a tack will not go through a log

(historical, slang) during the Edo period, derogatory term for an unlicensed prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun as a form of disguise from the authorities (from the way the shaven head looks a bit like a debarked log, and from the way that they both roll around)


長女

Compound of 長 (“long; elder”) + 女 (“woman; female”).

the eldest of all of a family's daughters


神人

From Middle Chinese compound 神人 (MC zyin nyin). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.


女教皇

ja-noun

女(じょ)教(きょう)皇(おう) • (jokyōō)

Compound of 女 (jo, “woman, female”) + 教皇 (kyōō, “high priest, hierophant”).


黒巫女

黒巫女 (canonical)
kuro miko (romanization)


黒神子

黒神子 (canonical)
kuro miko (romanization)


神楽女

An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities.

An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.


スチュワーデス

[sɨ̥t͡ɕɨβ̞a̠ːde̞sɨ]

(slightly dated) a stewardess (female flight attendant)


別嬪

[be̞p̚ʲpʲĩɴ]


女中

ja-noun

女(じょ)中(ちゅう) • (jochū) ^(←ぢょちゅう (dyotyuu)?)

女中 (canonical)
jochū (romanization)
dyotyuu (romanization)
ぢょちゅう (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞t͡ɕɨː]


良妻賢母

良妻賢母 (canonical)
ryōsaikenbo (romanization)


チアガール

[t͡ɕia̠ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from cheer + girl.

pseudo-loan

a female cheerleader (person who encourages applause)


童貞

素人童貞

素人童貞 しろうとどうてい

童貞卒業

童貞卒業 どうていそつぎょう

童貞を殺す服

clothing that kills virgins (Internet meme)


無月経

[mɯ̟ɡe̞k̚ke̞ː]

From 無(む) (mu-, “in-; un-”) + 月経(げっけい) (gekkei, “menstruation”).


オールドミス

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from old + miss


キャリアウーマン

Korean: 커리어 우먼 (keorieo umeon)

[kʲa̠ɾʲia̠ɯ̟ːmã̠ɴ]

Borrowed from English careerwoman, equivalent to キャリア (kyaria) + ウーマン (ūman).
First cited in 1981.

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ピル

巨乳になった原因は二つあります。一つはストレスによる食べ過ぎで体重が増えたこと。もう一つはピルかな。

My huge breasts have two causes. Firstly, because of stress, I ate too much and gained weight. The pill is probably another issue.

Kyonyū ni natta gen'in wa futatsu arimasu. Hitotsu wa sutoresu ni yoru tabe sugi de taijū ga fueta koto. Mō hitotsu wa piru kana.


母乳

赤ちゃんを母乳で育てる

I breastfeed my baby. (lit. "I nurture the baby with breast milk.")


ヘイトスピーチ

憎悪表現

憎悪表現 ぞうおひょうげん


レズビアン

[ɾe̞zɨbʲiã̠ɴ]

Borrowed from English lesbian or English Lesbian.


フェミニスト

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避妊

避妊する (canonical)
hinin suru (romanization)
finin (romanization)
避妊し (stem)
避妊した (past)
避妊し
ひにんし
hinin shi
避妊する
ひにんする
hinin suru
避妊すれ
ひにんすれ
hinin sure
避妊せよ (imperative literary)
避妊しろ (colloquial imperative)
ひにんせよ (imperative literary)
ひにんしろ (colloquial imperative)
hinin seyo (imperative literary)
hinin shiro (colloquial imperative)
避妊される (passive)
ひにんされる (passive)
hinin sareru (passive)
避妊させる (causative)
避妊さす (causative)
ひにんさせる (causative)
ひにんさす (causative)
hinin saseru (causative)
hinin sasu (causative)
避妊できる (potential)
ひにんできる (potential)
hinin dekiru (potential)
避妊しよう (volitional)
ひにんしよう (volitional)
hinin shiyō (volitional)
避妊しない (negative)
ひにんしない (negative)
hinin shinai (negative)
避妊せず (continuative negative)
ひにんせず (continuative negative)
hinin sezu (continuative negative)
避妊します (formal)
ひにんします (formal)
hinin shimasu (formal)
避妊した (perfective)
ひにんした (perfective)
hinin shita (perfective)
避妊して (conjunctive)
ひにんして (conjunctive)
hinin shite (conjunctive)
避妊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ひにんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
hinin sureba (conditional hypothetical)

妊娠を望まないのなら避妊する

you use contraception if you don't want to get pregnant


王妃

王妃 (canonical)
ōhi (romanization)
waufi (romanization)
わうひ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese *王妃 (MC hjwang|hjwangH phj+j|phwojH), from 王 (ō, “king; East Asian sovereign or imperial prince”) + 妃 (hi, “consort; concubine”).

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the princess consort of an East Asian 王 (“prince”); compare 親王妃


ガール

ja-noun

ガール • (gāru)

From English girl. Doublet of ギャル (gyaru).


歌姫

From 歌 (uta, “song”) + 姫 (hime, “princess; lady”).

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a female music artist; a diva, a songstress, a female musician, etc.


烈女

瑠璃子は、昂然と現代の烈女と云つてもいゝやうに、美しく勇ましかつた。

1920, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人

Ruriko wa, kōzen to gendai no retsujo to itte mo ii yō ni, utsukushiku isamashikatta.


シスター

Borrowed from English sister.
Compare Korean 시스터 (siseuteo).

(humorous, ironic, colloquial) sister, sis (older or younger)


次女

Compound of 次 (“next”) + 女 (“woman; female”).


女尊男卑

女尊男卑 (canonical)
josondanpi (romanization)

female chauvinism, valuing women above men


堕胎

堕胎する (canonical)
datai suru (romanization)
堕胎し (stem)
堕胎した (past)
堕胎し
だたいし
datai shi
堕胎する
だたいする
datai suru
堕胎すれ
だたいすれ
datai sure
堕胎せよ (imperative literary)
堕胎しろ (colloquial imperative)
だたいせよ (imperative literary)
だたいしろ (colloquial imperative)
datai seyo (imperative literary)
datai shiro (colloquial imperative)
堕胎される (passive)
だたいされる (passive)
datai sareru (passive)
堕胎させる (causative)
堕胎さす (causative)
だたいさせる (causative)
だたいさす (causative)
datai saseru (causative)
datai sasu (causative)
堕胎できる (potential)
だたいできる (potential)
datai dekiru (potential)
堕胎しよう (volitional)
だたいしよう (volitional)
datai shiyō (volitional)
堕胎しない (negative)
だたいしない (negative)
datai shinai (negative)
堕胎せず (continuative negative)
だたいせず (continuative negative)
datai sezu (continuative negative)
堕胎します (formal)
だたいします (formal)
datai shimasu (formal)
堕胎した (perfective)
だたいした (perfective)
datai shita (perfective)
堕胎して (conjunctive)
だたいして (conjunctive)
datai shite (conjunctive)
堕胎すれば (conditional hypothetical)
だたいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
datai sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to abort a foetus; to induce an abortion


女魔法師

女魔法師 (canonical)
onna mahōshi (romanization)

Compound of 女 (onna, “female”) + 魔法 (mahō, “magic, sorcery”) + 師 (shi, “master, practitioner”).

compound

女魔法士

女魔法士 おんなまほうし


女魔法師

Compound of 女 (onna, “female”) + 魔 (ma, “evil”) + 法師 (hōshi, “priestess, nun”).


下女

ja-noun

下(しも)女(おんな) • (shimoonna) ^(←しもをんな (simowonna)?)

下女 (canonical)
gejo (romanization)
gedyo (romanization)
げぢょ (hiragana historical)
下女 (canonical)
shimoonna (romanization)
simowonna (romanization)
しもをんな (hiragana historical)


修道女

修(しゅう)道(どう)女(じょ) • (shūdōjo)


孫娘

孫娘 (canonical)
magomusume (romanization)

From 孫 (mago, “grandchild”) + 娘 (musume, “daughter”).


太皇太后

太皇太后 (canonical)
taikōtaigō (romanization)


相模

→ Chinese: 相模

→ English: Sagami

⟨saɡamu⟩ → */saɡamʉ/ → /saɡami/
Shift from Old Japanese 相模 (Sagamu), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

恨みわびほさぬ袖だにあるものを恋に朽ちなむ名こそ惜しけれ

Uramiwabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere

Weary of feeling resentment―never mind these sleeves that have yet to dry, but I would certainly resent the fame of rotting from love.

Sagami: a Japanese female waka poet of the Heian period (11th century)


ウーマノミクス

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from woman + economics, equivalent to a blend of ウーマン (ūman) + エコノミクス (ekonomikusu)

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2017 November 21, “Smart work shinjidai: Watashi ga kaeru hataraki kata to kurashi kata [Age of smart work: I can change working style and lifestyle]”, in Nikkei Style:

日本経済新聞社は 11月 16日、スマートワーク時代に女性の生活、ビジネスはどう変わるのかについて考える「日経ウーマノミクス・シンポジウム」を東京・大手町の日経ホールで開きました。

Nihon Keizai Shinbun-sha wa jūichigatsu jūrokunichi, sumāto wāku jidai ni josei no seikatsu, bijinesu wa dō kawaru no ka ni tsuite kangaeru “Nikkei Ūmanomikusu Shinpojiumu” o Tōkyō Ōte-machi no Nikkei Hōru de hirakimashita.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun opened the "Nikkei Womanomics Symposium" to think about women's lifestyles and how businesses can change in the age of smart work, on November 16 in Ote-machi, Tokyo, at the Nikkei Hall.

(government, business jargon) "womanomics": stimulation of society and economy by increasing female participation in the workforce


従軍慰安婦

ja-noun

従(じゅう)軍(ぐん)慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (jūgun'ianfu)

従軍慰安婦 (canonical)
jūgun'ianfu (romanization)

[d͡ʑɨːɡɯ̟̃ɰ̃iã̠ɰ̃ɸɯ̟]

Compound of 従(じゅう)軍(ぐん) (jūgun, “military campaign”) + 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) (ianfu, “comfort woman”).

ja-compound

(historical) comfort woman in the context of a military campaign


兄弟姉妹

兄弟姉妹 (canonical)
kyōdai shimai (romanization)
けいてい しまい (alternative hiragana)
keitei shimai (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)

兄弟 (kyōdai; keitei, “brothers”) + 姉妹 (shimai, “sisters”)


ギャル

→ English: gyaru

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Borrowed from American English gal. Compare the English pronunciation spelling gyal. Doublet of ガール (gāru).
First cited to a text from 1931, although rarely used until the late Shōwa period.
Popularised during the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, originally to refer to ボディコン (bodikon, “body conscious”), an earlier style trend and the predecessor of today’s gyaru.


ビューティー

ja-noun

ビューティー • (byūtī)


タンポン

From German Tampon or Dutch tampon, from French tampon

a tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material)

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ロリ

A transliteration of the English female given name Laurie

A transliteration of the English female given name Laury

A transliteration of the English female given name Lori


女学生

女(じょ)学(がく)生(せい) • (jogakusei) ^(←ぢよがくせい (dyogakusei)?)

女学生 (canonical)
jogakusei (romanization)
dyogakusei (romanization)
ぢよがくせい (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː]


山姥

山(やま)姥(うば) or 山(やま)姥(んば) • (yamauba or yamanba)

山姥 (canonical)
山姥 (canonical)
yamauba (romanization)
yamanba (romanization)

山 (yama, “mountain”) + 姥 (uba, “old woman”).

com

1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)４(よん)話(わ) 地(じ)念(ねん)児(じ) [Chapter 4: Jinenji]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:

山姥⁉

山姥⁉

山姥⁉


女郎蜘蛛

ja-noun

女(じょ)郎(ろう)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 女郎蜘蛛(ジョロウグモ) • (jorōgumo) ^(←じよらうぐも (zyoraugumo) or ジヨラウグモ (zyoraugumo)?)

女郎蜘蛛 (canonical)
女郎蜘蛛 (canonical)
jorōgumo (romanization)
zyoraugumo (romanization)
じよらうぐも (hiragana historical)
ジヨラウグモ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ːɡɯ̟mo̞]

女郎 (jorō, “prostitute”) + 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


卒乳

[so̞t͡sɨɲ̟ɨː]


女郎

女郎 (canonical)
jorō (romanization)
dyorau (romanization)
ぢよらう (hiragana historical)
じょろ (alternative hiragana)
joro (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)
ぢよろ (alternative hiragana historical)
じょうろ (alternative hiragana)
jōro (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)
ぢようろ (alternative hiragana historical)
めろう (alternative hiragana)
merō (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)
めらう (alternative hiragana historical)


悪露

悪露 (canonical)
oro (romanization)
woro (romanization)
をろ (hiragana historical)

Note that the reading of the first character does not correspond to the reading used in the Mandarin term 惡露／恶露 (èlù, “lochia”). The reading o corresponds to wù in Mandarin and means "to hate", and the reading aku corresponds to è in Mandarin and means "bad".


モダンガール

[mo̞da̠ŋ ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from modern + girl

pseudo-loan

(obsolete, slang) a "modern girl"; a young woman dressed in exotic Western fashions


分娩台

分娩台 (canonical)
bunbendai (romanization)

分娩 (bunben, “childbirth; delivery”) + 台 (-dai, “table; bed”)


フレンチレター

Borrowed from British English French letter.

コンドーム コンドーム#Japanese

(slang) Synonym of コンドーム (kondōmu, “condom”); a French letter


ルーデサック

[ɾɯ̟ːde̞sa̠k̚kɯ̟]

Perhaps from ルーデ (from Dutch roede (“dick”)) + サック, from English sack; or a corruption of Dutch roede-zak

コンドーム コンドーム#Japanese

(slang) Synonym of コンドーム (“condom”); a rubber


内親王

ja-noun

内(ない)親(しん)王(のう) • (naishinnō) ^(←ないしんわう (naisin'wau)?)

内親王 (canonical)
naishinnō (romanization)
naisin'wau (romanization)
ないしんわう (hiragana historical)

内 (nai-, “inside (the palace); indoor”) + 親王 (shinnō, emperor's brother or son). The ō reading for 王 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

ja-renjō

愛子内親王

an East Asian imperial princess who is either unmarried sister or daughter to the reigning emperor


臍の緒

ja-noun

臍(へそ)の緒(お) • (heso no o) ^(←へそのを (feso no wo)?)

臍の緒 (canonical)
heso no o (romanization)
feso no wo (romanization)
へそのを (hiragana historical)

Compound of 臍 (heso, “navel”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 緒 (o, “cord”).


臍の緒

ja-noun

臍(ほぞ)の緒(お) • (hozo no o) ^(←ほぞのを (fozo no wo)?)

臍の緒 (canonical)
hozo no o (romanization)
fozo no wo (romanization)
ほぞのを (hiragana historical)

Compound of 臍 (hozo, “navel”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 緒 (o, “cord”).


初潮

(gynaecology) menarche; first menstruation


エストロゲン

[e̞sɨ̥to̞ɾo̞ɡẽ̞ɴ]


レズ

(often derogatory, vulgar) lesbo; lesbian


眼鏡っ娘

眼鏡っ娘 (canonical)
meganekko (romanization)

English: meganekko

Chinese: 眼鏡娘／眼镜娘 (yǎnjìngniáng)


義姉

義 (gi, “nonconsanguineous relationship”) + 姉 (shi, “elder sister”)

sister-in-law (spouse's elder sister or elder brother's wife)


義妹

義 (gi, “nonconsanguineous relationship”) + 妹 (mai, “younger sister”)

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)


ロリータ

A transliteration of the English female given name Lolita


オタサーの姫

オタサーの姫 (canonical)
otasā no hime (romanization)

オタサー (otasā, “otaku circle; group of otaku”) + の (no) + 姫 (“princess”)

com

(neologism, slang) lone girl in a group of male otaku


胎教

ja-noun

胎(たい)教(きょう) • (taikyō) ^(←たいけう (taikeu)?)

胎教 (canonical)
taikyō (romanization)
taikeu (romanization)
たいけう (hiragana historical)

antenatal education (i.e. doing things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)


はらみ

harami (romanization)
farami (romanization)
はらみ (hiragana historical)


御袋

[o̞ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɾo̞]

御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 袋 (fukuro, “pouch; sack”)

pre

1977, “北国の春”, いではく (lyrics), 遠藤実 (music), performed by 千昌夫:

季節が都会では わからないだろと
届いたおふくろの 小さな包み
あの故郷へ 帰ろかな帰ろかな

kisetsu ga tokai de wa wakaranai daro to
todoita o-fukuro no chīsana tsutsumi
ano furusato e kaero ka na kaero ka na

Mother sent me a little package
figuring that it's hard to tell what season it is in the city
Should I return home? Should I return?


新妻

ja-noun

新(にい)妻(づま) • (nīzuma) ^(←にひづま (nifiduma)?)

新妻 (canonical)
nīzuma (romanization)
nifiduma (romanization)
にひづま (hiragana historical)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Kōjien
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shinmura Izuru

Compound of 新 (nī, “new”) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).
First cited to roughly 1500.


新妻

ja-pos

新(にい)妻(づま) • (Nīzuma) ^(←にひづま (Nifiduma)?)

新妻 (canonical)
Nīzuma (romanization)
Nifiduma (romanization)
にひづま (hiragana historical)


新妻

Probably a reanalysis of 新妻 (nīzuma), applying the expected on'yomi instead.
First cited to 1878.


ヒッヒッフー

[çiʔ çiʔ ɸɯ̟ː]

Lamaze technique
Lamaze technique#English

A chant for breathing to a rhythm, associated with the Lamaze technique.


ラマーズ法

ラマーズ法 (canonical)
Ramāzu-hō (romanization)


麗人

ja-noun

麗(れい)人(じん) • (reijin) ^(←れいじん (reizin)?)

麗人 (canonical)
reijin (romanization)
reizin (romanization)
れいじん (hiragana historical)

男装の麗人

a handsome woman in men's clothing (common collocation)

Synonym of 美人 (bijin, “beautiful woman”)


兄妹

From 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) + 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), from Middle Chinese 兄妹 (MC xjwaeng mwojH). Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “elder brother and younger brother”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”).

af

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">漢音</i> (kan'on)

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">呉音</i> (goon)


ホステス

a hostess (bargirl (a female companion))


キャッキャウフフ

[kʲa̠k̚ʲkʲa̠ ɯ̟ɸɯ̟ɸɯ̟]

この国で一番目と二番目に高貴な女性が、生地の色見本帳を見ながらキャッキャウフフと楽しそうだ。

2022, Henrietta Orio Kon, カリスマ主婦の息子、異世界で王様を餌付けする。２, published 2022:

The first and second most noble ladies of the nation, seem to be having fun chatting over fabric samples.

Onomatopoeia for a group of girls merrily socializing.


手弱女

ja-noun

手弱女(たおやめ) • (taoyame) ^(←たをやめ (tawoyame)?)

手弱女 (canonical)
taoyame (romanization)
tawoyame (romanization)
たをやめ (hiragana historical)

⟨tawayame₁⟩ → */tawayamʲe/ → */tawəyame/ → /tawoyame/ → /taoyame/
Shift from Old Japanese 手弱女 (tawayame₁).
The use of 手弱 is an example of ateji (当て字), see classical verb 手弱し (tayowashi, “frail, weak”).


アマゾーン

ja-pos

アマゾーン • (Amazōn)

[a̠ma̠zõ̞ːɴ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών sg (Amazṓn, “Amazon”)


ビッチ

2013 July 5, Hiro N, 哲人探偵・草倉哲二 [Tetsujin Tantei - Kusakura Tetsuji, Philosopher Detective - Tetsuji Kusakura] (fiction), Tokyo: Orion Books:

Chinatsu Takashima. That slut who ruined men.

Takashima Chinatsu. Otoko o hametsu saseta bitchi.

高島ちなつ。男を破滅させたビッチ。

(derogatory, slang) slut; woman of poor conduct or morals


マーメイド

2000 April 20, “弓(ゆみ)を引(ひ)くマーメイド [Bow-Drawing Mermaid]”, in Booster 2, Konami:

A mermaid who normally hides inside her seashell, but who will shoot anyone who dares come near her.

普段は貝殻の中に身を隠し、近づく者に矢を放つマーメイド。

Fudan wa kaigara no naka ni mi o kakushi, chikazuku mono ni ya o hanatsu māmeido.

1999 August 26, “海(うな)原(ばら)の女(おんな)戦(せん)士(し) [Lady Warrior of the Depths]”, in Booster 4, Konami:

A mermaid who serves the Sea God. Her duty is to guard his holy realm.

海の神に仕えるマーメイド。神聖な領域を守っている。

Umi no Kami ni tsukaeru māmeido. Shinsei na ryōiki o mamotteiru.


上様

ja-noun

上(うえ)様(さま) • (uesama) ^(←うへさま (ufesama)?)

上様 (canonical)
uesama (romanization)
ufesama (romanization)
うへさま (hiragana historical)

2005 December 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)八(はち)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 扇(せん)風(ぷう)機(き)つけっぱなしで寝(ね)ちゃうとお腹(おか)こわしちゃうから気(き)を付(つ)けて [Lesson 81: Be Careful When Sleeping with the Fan on or You’ll Get a Stomachache]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

From the Earth Defense Force
Dear Sir or Madam

地球防衛軍より
上様へ

(honorific, address) form of address or reference in formal correspondence: sir or madam; or in documentation, such as a receipt: valued customer (also encountered with the reading jōsama)


上様

上(じょう)様(さま) • (jōsama) ^(←じやうさま (zyausama)?)

上様 (canonical)
jōsama (romanization)
zyausama (romanization)
じやうさま (hiragana historical)

Compound of 上 (jō, “top-class, the best”) + 様 (sama, honorific suffix).
Likely a shift from uesama, replacing the 訓読み (kun'yomi) of ue with the 音読み (on'yomi) of jō. Possibly influenced by homophone 嬢様 (jōsama, “princess”, honorific term of reference for someone else's daughter).

compound

(honorific, address) form of address or reference in formal correspondence: dear sir or madam; or in documentation, such as a receipt: valued customer (also encountered with the reading uesama)


オフィスレディー

ja-noun

オフィスレディー • (ofisu redī)

→ Cantonese: OL

→ English: OL

→ Korean: 오피스 레이디 (opiseu reidi)

→ Mandarin: OL

→ Russian: о́фис-ле́ди (ófis-lédi)

[o̞ɸʲisɨ ɾe̞dʲiː]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from office + lady, equivalent to オフィス (ofisu) + レディー (redī).

pseudo-loan

an "office lady" (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)


グラドル

グラビアアイドル グラビアアイドル#Japanese

Clipping of グラビアアイドル (gurabia aidoru, “pin-up girl”).


グラビアアイドル

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from gravure + idol, equivalent to グラビア (gurabia) + アイドル (aidoru).

A pin-up girl, a (generally young) woman featured in sexy or alluring photographs or other images. Often pictured in a bikini or similarly revealing costume, but not nude.


風俗嬢

Compound of 風俗 (fūzoku, “sex work”) + 嬢 (jō, “young lady”).

compound

2001, Kureichi Matsuzawa, Fūzoku Zemināru [Sex industry seminar], →OCLC, page 9:

聞いたところによると、風俗嬢との兼業が増えたため、風俗仕事をやったことがバレると、すぐにクビというキャバクラもあるそうですな（クビになった子が言っていた）。

風俗仕事 ふうぞくしごと

Kīta tokoro ni yoru to, fūzokujō to no kengyō ga fueta tame, fūzoku shigoto o yatta koto ga bareru to, sugu ni kubi to iu kyabakura mo aru sō desu na (kubi ni natta ko ga itte ita).

From what I have heard, since increasing numbers moonlight as sex workers, if it is exposed that they have done sex work, cabaret hostesses have been fired on the spot (according to people who have been fired).

a woman who works in the sex industry, a woman sex worker


童女

童女 (canonical)
dōjo (romanization)
doudyo (romanization)
どうぢょ (hiragana historical)
童女 (canonical)
dōnyo (romanization)

(uncommon) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)


童女

ja-noun

童(わらわ)女(め) • (warawame) ^(←わらはめ (warafame)?)

童女 (canonical)
warawame (romanization)
warafame (romanization)
わらはめ (hiragana historical)

(archaic) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)


バニーガール

バニーガール • (banī gāru)

[ba̠ɲ̟iː ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟]


エレベーターガール

エレベーターガール • (erebētā gāru)

[e̞ɾe̞be̞ːta̠ː ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from elevator + girl


姉弟

ja-noun

姉(きょう)弟(だい) • (kyōdai) ^(←きやうだい (kyaudai)?)

姉弟 (canonical)
kyōdai (romanization)
kyaudai (romanization)
きやうだい (hiragana historical)

早坂姉弟

the Hayasaka siblings (characters in the Buso Renkin manga series)

Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “elder brother and younger brother”).


着床

着(ちゃく)床(しょう) • (chakushō) ^(←ちやくしやう (tyakusyau)?)

着床 (canonical)
chakushō (romanization)
tyakusyau (romanization)
ちやくしやう (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

反復着床不全

(physiology, of an embryo) implantation (in the uterus)


着床

着床する (canonical)
chakushō suru (romanization)
tyakusyau (romanization)
着床し (stem)
着床した (past)
着床し
ちゃくしょうし
chakushō shi
着床する
ちゃくしょうする
chakushō suru
着床すれ
ちゃくしょうすれ
chakushō sure
着床せよ (imperative literary)
着床しろ (colloquial imperative)
ちゃくしょうせよ (imperative literary)
ちゃくしょうしろ (colloquial imperative)
chakushō seyo (imperative literary)
chakushō shiro (colloquial imperative)
着床される (passive)
ちゃくしょうされる (passive)
chakushō sareru (passive)
着床させる (causative)
着床さす (causative)
ちゃくしょうさせる (causative)
ちゃくしょうさす (causative)
chakushō saseru (causative)
chakushō sasu (causative)
着床できる (potential)
ちゃくしょうできる (potential)
chakushō dekiru (potential)
着床しよう (volitional)
ちゃくしょうしよう (volitional)
chakushō shiyō (volitional)
着床しない (negative)
ちゃくしょうしない (negative)
chakushō shinai (negative)
着床せず (continuative negative)
ちゃくしょうせず (continuative negative)
chakushō sezu (continuative negative)
着床します (formal)
ちゃくしょうします (formal)
chakushō shimasu (formal)
着床した (perfective)
ちゃくしょうした (perfective)
chakushō shita (perfective)
着床して (conjunctive)
ちゃくしょうして (conjunctive)
chakushō shite (conjunctive)
着床すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ちゃくしょうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
chakushō sureba (conditional hypothetical)

[t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

(physiology, of an embryo) to implant (in the uterus)


スイーツ(笑)

スイーツ かっこ わらい

スイーツ (canonical)
suītsu kakko warai (romanization)

スイーツ (suītsu, “sweets”) + (笑(わらい)) (kakko warai, “LOL”), mocking women who refer to sweets using the loanword スイーツ (suītsu) instead of words like 菓子(かし) (kashi).

(Internet slang, derogatory) woman who mindlessly follows trends


ビアン

Coined to replace the derogatory term レズ (rezu).
See レズ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʲᵃ

pedia

レズ#詳細・「ビアン」と「レズ」

レズビアン レズビアン#Japanese

(LGBTQ slang) Short for レズビアン (rezubian, “lesbian”).


月経困難症

ja-noun

げっけい こんなんしょう

月(げっ)経(けい)困(こん)難(なん)症(しょう) • (gekkei konnanshō) ^(←げつけいこんなんしやう (getukeikonnansyau)?)

月経困難症 (canonical)
gekkei konnanshō (romanization)
getukeikonnansyau (romanization)
げつけいこんなんしやう (hiragana historical)

[ɡe̞k̚ke̞ː kõ̞nːã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

From 月経(げっけい) (gekkei, “menstruation”) + 困難(こんなん) (konnan, “difficulty”) + 症(しょう) (-shō, “condition”).


ママ友

Compound of ママ (mama, “mama, mom”) + 友 (tomo, “friend”).

com

会うたびにあれこれ聞いてくるママ友、どうやってかわす？

Au tabi ni are-kore kiite kuru mamatomo, dō yatte kawasu?

What do you do with a mom-friend who asks about this and that every time you meet?

2014, 西東桂子, ママ友おつきあいマナードリル [Manners Drills on How to Get Along with Mom-friends]:

a “mom-friend”: a mother who is friends with another mother due to having children who interact with each other


嬶天下

嬶天下 (canonical)
kakādenka (romanization)


おっかん

(Kagoshima) Synonym of お母さん (o-kā-san, “mother; mom; mum”)


月の物

月の物 (canonical)
tsukinomono (romanization)


相嫁

co-sister-in-law; one's husband's brother's wife


一女

Compound of 一 (“one”) + 女 (“woman; female”).


三女

[sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Compound of 三 (“three”) + 女 (“woman; female”).


二女

Compound of 二 (“two”) + 女 (“woman; female”).


歴女

female history buff or otaku, especially in regards to Japanese history


ツイフェミ

Compound of ツイ (tsui, “Twitter”) + フェミ (femi, Clipping of フェミニスト (feminisuto, “feminist”)).
Compare Korean 트페미 (teupemi).

com-ja

Clipping of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">フェミニスト</i> (feminisuto, “feminist”)

(derogatory, offensive, Internet slang) a feminist on Twitter.


ガールズトーク

ja-noun

ガールズトーク • (gāruzu tōku)

[ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟zɨ to̞ːkɯ̟]

From Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English girls' + talk.


デリヘル嬢

デリヘル嬢 (canonical)
deriherujō (romanization)

[de̞ɾʲihe̞ɾɯ̟ʑo̞ː]

From デリヘル (deriheru, “deriheru”) + 嬢(じょう) (jō, “young lady”).


ロリババア

ja-noun

ロリババア or ロリばばあ • (roribabā)

ロリババア (canonical)
ロリばばあ (canonical)
roribabā (romanization)

(slang, fiction) old woman (or supernaturally aged female being) with the body of a loli


妹姑

妹(いも)姑(しゅうとめ) • (imoshūtome) ^(←いもしうとめ (imosiutome)?)

妹姑 (canonical)
imoshūtome (romanization)
imosiutome (romanization)
いもしうとめ (hiragana historical)


めいっこ

meikko (romanization)
mefituko (romanization)
めひつこ (hiragana historical)


みごもる

ja-verb

みごもる • (migomoru) ^(←みごもる (migomoru)?)godan (stem みごもり (migomori), past みごもった (migomotta))

migomoru (romanization)
みごもり (stem)
みごもった (past)
みごもら
migomora
みごもり
migomori
みごもる
migomoru
みごもれ
migomore
みごもられる (passive)
migomorareru (passive)
みごもらせる (causative)
みごもらす (causative)
migomoraseru (causative)
migomorasu (causative)
みごもれる (potential)
migomoreru (potential)
みごもろう (volitional)
migomorō (volitional)
みごもらない (negative)
migomoranai (negative)
みごもらず (continuative negative)
migomorazu (continuative negative)
みごもります (formal)
migomorimasu (formal)
みごもった (perfective)
migomotta (perfective)
みごもって (conjunctive)
migomotte (conjunctive)
みごもれば (conditional hypothetical)
migomoreba (conditional hypothetical)

[mʲiɡo̞mo̞ɾɯ̟]

From 身(み) (mi, “body”) + 籠(こ)もる (komoru, “to seclude oneself”).


フェミ

フェミニスト フェミニスト#Japanese

(Internet slang, derogatory) Short for フェミニスト (feminisuto, “feminist”).


すけばん

ja-noun

すけばん or スケバン or スケばん • (sukeban) ^(←すけばん (sukeban)?)

すけばん (canonical)
スケバン (canonical)
スケばん (canonical)
sukeban (romanization)
すけばん (hiragana historical)

(slang) female leader of a delinquent gang


汝妹

Old Japanese. From 汝 (na, variably first- or second-person pronoun: "I" or "you"; here used to mean "I") + の (no, possessive particle) + 妹 (imo, “a male's sister”). The no fused with the imo, likely to avoid hiatus in Old Japanese, which did not allow such vowel-vowel combinations.
First attested in 712.
Note that the usual possessive marker for pronouns was が (ga), as in 汝が (na ga, “thy; thine”) or 我が, 吾が (wa ga, a ga, “my”), as in 我が夫 (wa ga se, “my husband; my beloved man”), 吾妹 (wagimo, “my wife; my beloved woman”), 吾が君 (a ga kimi, “my lord”).

compound

Coordinate term: 汝兄 (nanimo, “a form of address for a male by a female: "my brother"”)

愛我那邇妹命

大辞林 w:ja:大辞林

(archaic, men's speech) an intimate form of address for a female by a male: "my sister"

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten


妹背

妹 (imo, “sister; wife”) + 背 (se, “brother; husband”). Imo comes first likely to avoid hiatus in Old Japanese.

af

(archaic) Synonym of 夫婦 (fūfu, “married couple”)


三后

(East Asian monarchy, of the reigning emperor) the empress consort, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager


一姫二太郎

ja-pos

一(いち)姫(ひめ)二(に)太(た)郎(ろう) • (ichi hime ni tarō) ^(←いちひめにたらう (iti fime ni tarau)?)

一姫二太郎 (canonical)
ichi hime ni tarō (romanization)
iti fime ni tarau (romanization)
いちひめにたらう (hiragana historical)

[ɲ̟i ta̠ɾo̞ː]

一 (ichi, “first”) + 姫 (hime, “girl; lady”) + 二 (ni, “second”) + 太郎 (tarō, generic male name; generic name for the eldest son)

af

it'd be auspicious to have a daughter first, then a son


小悪魔

Compound of 小(こ) (ko, “little, small”) + 悪魔(あくま) (akuma, “demon, devil, fiend”).

ja-com

(figuratively) An attractive young woman who seduces and toys with men.


京女

京 (kyō, “capital; Kyoto”) + 女 (onna, “woman”)

af

東男に京女

the manliest men from Edo, the womanliest women from Kyoto

a woman from Kyoto where women are often thought of as more beautiful and graceful


シスターコンプレックス

ja-noun

シスター コンプレックス

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from sister + complex. Modeled after ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”).


不妊

不妊 (canonical)
funin (romanization)
ふにん (hiragana historical)

黄体機能不全による不妊

infertility resulting from luteal dysfunction


不思議ちゃん

不思議ちゃん (canonical)
fushigi-chan (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟ɕiɡʲit͡ɕã̠ɴ]

(often endearing) girl who says and does strange things; weirdo


うみわけ

umiwake (romanization)
うみわけ (hiragana historical)

[ɯ̟mʲiβ̞a̠ke̞]

influencing the sex of a fetus; sex selection


死産

ja-noun

死(し)産(ざん) or 死(し)産(さん) • (shizan or shisan)

死産 (canonical)
死産 (canonical)
shizan (romanization)
shisan (romanization)


死産

死産する (canonical)
死産する (canonical)
shizan suru (romanization)
shisan suru (romanization)
死産し (stem)
死産した (past)
死産し
しざんし
shizan shi
死産する
しざんする
shizan suru
死産すれ
しざんすれ
shizan sure
死産せよ (imperative literary)
死産しろ (colloquial imperative)
しざんせよ (imperative literary)
しざんしろ (colloquial imperative)
shizan seyo (imperative literary)
shizan shiro (colloquial imperative)
死産される (passive)
しざんされる (passive)
shizan sareru (passive)
死産させる (causative)
死産さす (causative)
しざんさせる (causative)
しざんさす (causative)
shizan saseru (causative)
shizan sasu (causative)
死産できる (potential)
しざんできる (potential)
shizan dekiru (potential)
死産しよう (volitional)
しざんしよう (volitional)
shizan shiyō (volitional)
死産しない (negative)
しざんしない (negative)
shizan shinai (negative)
死産せず (continuative negative)
しざんせず (continuative negative)
shizan sezu (continuative negative)
死産します (formal)
しざんします (formal)
shizan shimasu (formal)
死産した (perfective)
しざんした (perfective)
shizan shita (perfective)
死産して (conjunctive)
しざんして (conjunctive)
shizan shite (conjunctive)
死産すれば (conditional hypothetical)
しざんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
shizan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


マタニティハラスメント

マタニティ ハラスメント

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from maternity + harassment

pseudo-loan

workplace discrimination against the pregnant

ja:マタニティハラスメント


女学

ja-noun

女(じょ)学(がく) • (jogaku) ^(←ぢよがく (dyogaku)?)

女学 (canonical)
jogaku (romanization)
dyogaku (romanization)
ぢよがく (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]

Clipping of 女学校 (jogakkō, “girls' school”).


分娩室

分娩室 (canonical)
bunbenshitsu (romanization)

[bɯ̟̃mbẽ̞ɰ̃ɕit͡sɨ]

From 分娩(ぶんべん) (bunben) + 室(しつ) (shitsu).


会陰切開

会(え)陰(いん)切(せっ)開(かい) • (ein sekkai) ^(←ゑいんせつかい (wein setukai)?)

会陰切開 (canonical)
ein sekkai (romanization)
wein setukai (romanization)
ゑいんせつかい (hiragana historical)

会陰切開術

会陰切開術 えいんせっかいじゅつ


赤飯

赤(あか)飯(まんま) • (akamanma) ^(←あかまんま (akamanma)?)

赤飯 (canonical)
akamanma (romanization)
あかまんま (hiragana historical)


まじょっこ

From 魔女(まじょ) (majo, “witch”) + っ子(こ) (-kko).

魔法少女

魔法少女 まほうしょうじょ


端女

端 (“fraction; small amount; petty; puny”) + 女 (“female”)

af

……当主としての自覚が…足りませぬぞ 魍(もう)鬼(き)様…このような危険を冒(おか)して……妾(わらわ)のようなはした女(め)を…っ 妾(わらわ)のような…‼………魍(もう)鬼(き)様 よき士(さぶらい)になられましたな………

2003 October 22, Oh!great, “FIGHT:62”, in 天(てん)上(じょう)天(てん)下(げ) [Above Heaven, Under Heaven], volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

……Watch yourself, sir, you're the head of the family now… it's not worth it, Mōki-sama… Getting yourself in harm's way like this…… for a lowly maid like me… like me…‼………Mōki-sama, you've grown into a good samurai…

……Tōshu to shite no jikaku ga… Tarimasenu zo Mōki-sama… Kono yō na kiken o okashite…… warawa no yō na hashitame o…h Warawa no yō na…‼………Mōki-sama Yoki saburai ni nararemashita na………


裸婦

裸婦 (canonical)
rafu (romanization)
らふ (hiragana historical)


兄姫

Old Japanese [Term?], 兄 (“elder brother”) + 姫 (“lady; daughter”)

(archaic) a noblewoman who is elder sister to another one in her family


弟姫

Old Japanese [Term?], 弟 (“younger sibling”) + 姫 (“lady; daughter”)


量産型

量産型 (canonical)
ryōsan-gata (romanization)

[ɾʲo̞ːsã̠ŋɡa̠ta̠]

From 量産(りょうさん) (ryōsan) + 型(かた) (kata). The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

量産型マッシュ


初経

ja-noun

初(しょ)経(けい) • (shokei) ^(←しよけい (syokei)?)

初経 (canonical)
shokei (romanization)
syokei (romanization)
しよけい (hiragana historical)


あげまん

Unknown. Perhaps 上げる (ageru, “to lift”) + まんこ (manko, “pussy”), the same way やりまん (yariman, “slut”) was formed from やる (yaru, “to fuck”) + まんこ (manko, “pussy”).
See あげまん on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʲᵃ

pedia

(informal) a woman whose presence is like a good luck charm


神漏美

ja-noun

神(かむ)漏(ろ)美(み) or 神(かみ)漏(ろ)美(み) • (kamuromi or kamiromi)

神漏美 (canonical)
神漏美 (canonical)
kamuromi (romanization)
kamiromi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 神 (“god”) + ろ (archaic genitive particle) + み (“female”). Compare 伊弉冉 (Izanami, literally “Female Who Invites”). See also 日孁 (Hirume).

af

(archaic, Japanese mythology) a creator, progenitor or ancestor goddess, such as 神皇産霊 (Kamimusuhi), 伊弉冉 (Izanami) or 天照 (Amaterasu)


女天下

ja-noun

女(おんな)天(でん)下(か) or 女(おんな)天(てん)下(か) • (onnadenka or onnatenka) ^(←をんなでんか (wonnadenka)?)

女天下 (canonical)
女天下 (canonical)
onnadenka (romanization)
onnatenka (romanization)
wonnadenka (romanization)
をんなでんか (hiragana historical)

[õ̞nːa̠dẽ̞ŋka̠]

[õ̞nːa̠tẽ̞ŋka̠]

the state of women being in charge over men; women's rule; petticoat government


娩出

娩(べん)出(しゅつ) • (benshutsu) ^(←べんしゆつ (bensyutu)?)

娩出 (canonical)
benshutsu (romanization)
bensyutu (romanization)
べんしゆつ (hiragana historical)

[bẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨt͡sɨ]


おれっこ

おれっこ (canonical)
オレっこ (canonical)
orekko (romanization)

(ACG) girl who uses the masculine pronoun おれ (ore)


ぼくっこ

ぼくっこ (canonical)
ボクっこ (canonical)
bokukko (romanization)

(ACG) girl who uses the masculine pronoun ぼく (boku)


お姉ちゃん

お姉ちゃん (canonical)
onēchan (romanization)

zh-l

歐內醬／欧内酱 (ōunèijiàng)

Chinese: 歐內醬／欧内酱 (ōunèijiàng)

[o̞ne̞ːt͡ɕã̠ɴ]

From お (o-) + 姉 (nē, “elder sister”) + ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix).

affix

(term of endearment) elder sister, (big) sis

お姉さん: general term for one's elder sister


蕃女

蕃女 (canonical)
banjo (romanization)
bandyo (romanization)
ばんぢよ (hiragana historical)

[bã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule) aboriginal woman


蕃婦

蕃婦 (canonical)
banpu (romanization)
ばんぷ (hiragana historical)


妃殿下

妃 (“female consort”) + 殿下 (“Your/His/Her Highness”)

af

皇太子妃殿下 / 皇嗣妃殿下

Her Imperial Highness the Crown Princess (Consort)

秋篠宮皇嗣妃殿下

Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess (Consort) Akishino

ダイアナ妃殿下

Her Royal Highness Princess (Consort) Diana

Your Highness/Her Highness the Princess (Consort)


前置血管

ja-noun

前(ぜん)置(ち)血(けっ)管(かん) • (zenchi kekkan) ^(←ぜんちけつくわん (zentiketukwan)?)

前置血管 (canonical)
zenchi kekkan (romanization)
zentiketukwan (romanization)
ぜんちけつくわん (hiragana historical)

[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi ke̞k̚kã̠ɴ]


前置胎盤

前(ぜん)置(ち)胎(たい)盤(ばん) • (zenchi taiban) ^(←ぜんちたいばん (zentitaiban)?)

前置胎盤 (canonical)
zenchi taiban (romanization)
zentitaiban (romanization)
ぜんちたいばん (hiragana historical)

[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi ta̠ibã̠ɴ]


膣ドカタ

膣ドカタ (canonical)
chitsu-dokata (romanization)

From 膣(ちつ) (chitsu, “vagina”) + 土方(どかた) (dokata, “labourer”).

ja-compound

(vulgar) female sugar baby who makes money from sexual favours


才媛

才媛 (canonical)
saien (romanization)
saiwen (romanization)
さいゑん (hiragana historical)


あねご

anego (romanization)
あねご (hiragana historical)


月経カップ

月経カップ (canonical)
gekkei kappu (romanization)


経血カップ

経血カップ (canonical)
keiketsu kappu (romanization)


ばした

ばした (canonical)
バシタ (canonical)
bashita (romanization)

よく耳にするのは、収監中の兄弟分や若いもんのバシタ（女）を寝取るケース。
Yoku mimi ni suru no wa, shūkan-chū no kyōdaibun ya wakaimon no bashita (onna) o netoru-kēsu.

You hear a lot of cases of sleeping with the girlfriends of imprisoned sworn brothers and youngsters.


公女

公女 (canonical)
kōjo (romanization)
koudyo (romanization)
こうぢょ (hiragana historical)

Literary Chinese 公女 (literally “duke's daughter”)

der

(historical) the daughter of a duke in China or Vietnam; compare 王女 (daughter of a king) and 皇女 (daughter of an emperor)


マミー

ja-noun

マミー • (mamī)

マミーブレイン

(nonstandard, humorous, childish) mommy, mummy


相模女

相模(さがみ)女(おんな) • (Sagami onna) ^(←さがみをんな (Sagami wonna)?)

相模女 (canonical)
さがみをんな (hiragana historical)

Compound of 相模(さがみ) (Sagami, “Sagami”, ancient province) + 女(おんな) (onna, “female”). Literally, “Sagami woman”.

ja-com

(historical) woman from Sagami Province who went to Edo for employment; they were known for their eroticism in genres such as senryū


衣被

ja-noun

衣(きぬ)被(かずき) • (kinukazuki) ^(←きぬかづき (kinukaduki)?)

衣被 (canonical)
kinukazuki (romanization)
kinukaduki (romanization)
きぬかづき (hiragana historical)

Compound of 衣(きぬ) (kinu, “clothing”) + 被(かずき) (kazuki, “thing that covers”).

ja-com

(historical) the practice in the Heian period where upper-class women would cover their faces with their clothing when they went out; the type of headdress; the women referred to


お姉

ja-noun

お姉(ねえ) • (onē)

Clipping of お姉さん (onēsan, “older sister”).

clipping

(familiar way of referring) older sister; young lady


えな

(obstetrics) afterbirth, the material expelled after childbirth, including the amnion, placenta and umbilical cord


プレコンケア

プレコンセプションケア プレコンセプションケア#Japanese

(gynaecology) Short for プレコンセプションケア (purekonsepushon kea, “preconception care”).


プレコンドック

From プレコンケア (purekon kea, “preconception care”) and 人間(にんげん)ドック (ningen dokku, “health checkup”).

ja-r

preconception checkup
preconception checkup


プレコンセプションケア

ja-noun

プレコンセプション ケア

[pɯ̟ɾe̞kõ̞ɰ̃se̞pɯ̟ɕo̞ŋ ke̞a̠]

Borrowed from English preconception care.


妊活

[ɲ̟ĩŋka̠t͡sɨ]

From 妊娠(にんしん) (ninshin, “pregnancy”) 活動(かつどう) (katsudō, “activities”).


チーママ

second-in-command proprietress of a drinking establishment etc.


アジュンマ

Coordinate term: アジョシ (ajoshi)

(chiefly in Korean media) ajumma (married, middle-aged Korean woman)


ヌナ

(chiefly in Korean media, men's speech) noona (elder sister, or an affectionate term of address for a somewhat older woman)


オンニ

(South Korean idol fandom) unnie (older female member of an idol group)


おんにゃのこ

[õ̞ɲ̟ːa̠no̞ko̞]

おんなのこ おんなのこ#Japanese


バリキャリ

From バリバリ働(はたら)くキャリアウーマン (baribari hataraku kyariaūman).

ja-r

バリバリ働くキャリアウーマン

バリバリ はたらく キャリアウーマン


結合双生児

ja-noun

結(けつ)合(ごう)双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) • (ketsugō sōseiji)

結合双生児 (canonical)
ketsugō sōseiji (romanization)

Compound of 結(けつ)合(ごう) (ketsugō, “combined”) + 双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (sōseiji, “twins”).


美魔女

Compound of 美(び) (bi, “beautiful”) + 魔女(まじょ) (majo, “witch, sorceress”).

(figuratively) A middle-aged woman who looks relatively young and beautiful for her age.