漢

From Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH), in reference to the Han Chinese ethnic group.
The sense of man arose from usage in Chinese to differentiate between the “civilized” people of the Han Chinese ethnicity versus other ethnic groups.


漢

Daijirin Daijisen Kyūjitai Shinjitai ja:松村明

From Old Japanese, in reference to clans purportedly originating from China. Appears to be cognate with 文 / 紋 / 綾 / 絢 (aya, “a pattern or design; a pattern of diagonally interweaving lines; twill; how something fits together, the reason or background of a thing; skillful expression in color or words; melody, tune”), possibly in distant reference to technologies and cultural practices brought to Japan by the original Chinese immigrants.

short for 漢氏 (Aya uji): name of one of two ancient clans, purportedly descendants from Han Chinese, and notable historically for major achievements in fields including literature, diplomacy, and finance, among others


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).


甥

甥 (canonical)
oi (romanization)
wofi (romanization)
をひ (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *wopUi.
Attested in the Ryūnoshūge of 868 with the phonetic spelling 俗備 (⟨wopi₂⟩).


爺

ja-noun

爺(じい) or 爺(じじ) or 爺(じゞ) or 爺(じじい) or 爺(じゞい) • (jī or jiji or jijī) ^(←ぢい (dii) or ぢぢ (didi) or ぢぢい (didii)?)

爺 (canonical)
jī (romanization)
dii (romanization)
ぢい (hiragana historical)
爺 (canonical)
爺 (canonical)
爺 (canonical)
爺 (canonical)
jī (romanization)
jiji (romanization)
jijī (romanization)
dii (romanization)
didi (romanization)
didii (romanization)
ぢい (hiragana historical)
ぢぢ (hiragana historical)
ぢぢい (hiragana historical)
じじいじゞい (hiragana)

（お）爺ちゃん

1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round(ラウンド) ５(ファイブ) 1965(せんきゅうひゃく
ろくじゅうこ)年(ねん)のアッパーカット [Round 5: 1965’s Uppercut]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)! [The First Step: The Fighting!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 131:

うわぁ すいません

うわぁ すいません


男

男 (canonical)
otoko (romanization)
wotoko (romanization)
をとこ (hiragana historical)

男の目には糸を引け女の目には鈴を張れ

otoko no me ni wa ito o hike onna no me ni wa suzu o hare

⟨woto₂ko₁⟩ → */wotəkʷo/ → /wotoko/ → /otoko/
From Old Japanese.
Derived from おと (oto, “young?”, cognate with Old Japanese 復つ (wotu → otsu, “to become young again”)) + 子 (ko, “child”).
Compare 少女 (otome, “young woman”).

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cognate with Old Japanese <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ojp">復つ</i> (wotu → otsu, “to become young again”)

男は閾を跨げば七人の敵あり

otoko wa shikii o matageba shichinin no teki ari


男

男 (canonical)
o (romanization)
wo (romanization)
を (hiragana historical)


男

/dam/ → /damʉ/ → /daɴ/
From Middle Chinese 男 (MC nom).
The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

a young man, especially one who reached adulthood


父

From Old Japanese 父 (titi), from Proto-Japonic *titi.
Still in modern usage.

父上

honourable father; chichiue, term in respect primarily used in writing

父親

father; chichioya, specifically as someone's parent


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”).


社会

ja-noun

社(しゃ)会(かい) • (shakai) ^(←しやくわい (syakwai)?)

社会 (canonical)
shakai (romanization)
syakwai (romanization)
しやくわい (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 社會 (MC dzyaeX hwajH, “public gathering for offering to the god of earth”), as a compound composed of 社 (d͡ʑia^X, “god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of earth”) + 會 (“gathering”). The word was repurposed by Fukuchi Gen'ichirō in 1875 to translate the western concept of society.

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社会問題

人は社会を成す動物だ。

1910, 森鷗外, 鴎外漁史とは誰ぞ

Man is an animal that builds societies / Man is a social animal.

society (group of people sharing culture)

これらは中等以下の社会の人に多い。

1904, 河口慧海, チベット旅行記

These are very common among people from the middle and lower classes.

Kore-ra wa chūtō ika no shakai no hito ni ōi.

中等以下 ちゅうとういか

ちょうどそれは金融寡頭政治の社会とよく似ている。

1929, 平林初之輔, 昭和四年の文壇の概観

It looks exactly like a world of financial oligarchs.

Chōdo sore wa kin'yū katōseiji no shakai to yoku nite iru.

金融寡頭政治 きんゆうかとうせいじ


少年

ja-noun

少(しょう)年(ねん) • (shōnen) ^(←せうねん (seunen)?)

少年 (canonical)
shōnen (romanization)
seunen (romanization)
せうねん (hiragana historical)

/seunen/ → /ɕeunen/ → /ɕoːnen/
Borrowing from Middle Chinese 少年 (syewᴴ nen, literally “young + years”). Compare modern Cantonese 少年 (siu³ nin⁴), Mandarin 少年 (shàonián), Korean 소년 (sonyeon), Vietnamese thiếu niên.
Originally referred to young people of either gender. The meaning has narrowed in modern usage to more commonly refer to boys of elementary school or middle school age.

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少年時代

少年はこの漫画が大好きで、もう売り切れになっています。

Shōnen wa kono manga ga daisuki de, mō urikire ni natte imasu.

Boys really like this manga, and it's already sold out.

2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん) 銭(せん)湯(とう)では身(み)も心(こころ)も丸(まる)裸(はだか) [Lesson 334: Our Bodies and Souls Are All Naked in the Public Baths]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

Granny, I’m still a boy at heart, so make it 200 yen for two.

バーさん 俺は心は少年だから二人で200円で頼むわ

Bā-san ore wa kokoro wa shōnen da kara futari de nihyaku-en de tanomu wa

2017 April 15, “星(せい)杯(はい)に選(えら)ばれし者(もの) [Chosen by the Star Chalice]”, in CODE(コード) OF(オブ) THE(ザ) DUELIST(デュエリスト), Konami:

An upright boy armed with the remains of Mechstrosities.

機怪の残骸で武装する、真っ直ぐな心の少年。

Kikai no zangai de busō suru, massugu na kokoro no shōnen.

少年院

reform school, juvenile reformatory, juvie

少年鑑別所

juvenile hall, Juvenile Classification Office

少年犯罪者

juvenile delinquent, juvenile offender (male)


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


TS

ちなみに、なぜ日本で「TS」が一般的になったかというと、私が「yaysの性転換の館」開始時に、性同一障害に関するサイトから「TS」という用語を拝借してきて盛んに使っていたのも一因かもしれません。

2000, Yaesu, 八重洲メディアリサーチ [Yaesu Media Research], archived from the original on 2000-09-19:

By the way, as for why 'TS' became popular in Japan, it might be because when I started 'Yays Gender Transformation Mansion,' I borrowed the term 'TS' from websites related to gender dysphoria and used it extensively.

F氏「ＴＳの定義についての明記なんですが一体ＴＳの定義って・・・・？例の決まりあるあの一言でいいのかな？「このサイトは男性が女性、あるいは女性が男性に変化するようなことを主題として扱っているサイトです〜」

2000 May 28, Mr. F, “TS学入門 [Introduction to TS Studies]”, in TS-WEEK, archived from the original on 2006-06-06:

"Regarding specifying the definition of TS... what exactly is the definition of TS? Is it enough to have that one specified phrase like, 'This site deals with themes where men become women, or vice versa'?"

ＴＳＦという言葉が使われ始める前（１９９９，２０００年頃）には、Ｔｒａｎｓｓｅｘｕａｌの略語であるＴＳという言葉が、前述のＴＳＦの意味と同様の意味を表す言葉として用いられていました。この用法は、八重洲性転換の館（現：八重洲メディアリサーチ）の主催者である八重洲さんの提案によるものです。なお、今でも多くの人がＴＳＦと同じ意味でＴＳという言葉を使っています。

2015 June 4, F_TSF, “ＴＳＦとは [What is TSF?]”, in TSFのF [blog], archived from the original on 2015-08-10:

Before the term TSF came into use, the abbreviation "TS," standing for Transsexual, was used to convey a similar meaning around 1999-2000. This usage was proposed by Yaesu-san, the organizer of Yaesu Gender Transformation Mansion (now: Yaesu Media Research). Many people still use the term "TS" with the same meaning as TSF.

(fiction) genderswap; genderbend; sex change


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


お父さん

Min Nan: 多桑 (tò-sàng) (Taiwanese)

[o̞to̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Originally a compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 父 (toto, “father”) + 様 (-sama, “honorific suffix”).
/ototosama/ → /otottsan/ → /otossan/
The /otossan/ → /otoosan/ progression was artificial; regular Japanese sound changes generally would not allow this shift. The /otoosan/ form first appears in the early Meiji period in educational materials mandated by the 文部省 (Monbushō, “Ministry of Education”).

父

only used to talk about one's own father


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).


坊主

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from 坊(ぼう) (bō, “section of a town and its streets”) + 主(ず) (zu, “lord, master”). The kanji 坊 originally referred to, in Sinitic, a division of a town and the lanes surrounding it, and gradually shifted to refer to the workshops and other buildings that might be found in such a section, including temples. Thus, the term literally refers to a "temple master", i.e. a head (Buddhist) monk, eventually coming to refer to Buddhist monks in general in Japanese.
The "bald head" sense comes from the traditional shaved heads of Buddhist monks (known as 坊主刈(ぼうずが)り (bōzugari)), while the "kiddo" sense comes from the custom for young boys to have shaved heads à la said monks in traditional Japanese society.
The "monk" and "kiddo" meanings have been applied back to the constituent kanji 坊 in Japanese; see also 坊(ぼう)や (bōya) for an example.

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三日坊主: someone who cannot stick to anything

腕白坊主

腕白坊主 わんぱくぼうず

Hate the monk and you will hate his very robes.

坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い An idiom expressing the feeling that the speaker hates everything about the subject that is spoken about. lit.


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.

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

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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)


祖父

From Middle Chinese 祖父 (MC tsuX bjuX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.


兄弟

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

兄弟 (canonical)
kyōdai (romanization)
kyaudai (romanization)
けいてい (alternative hiragana)
keitei (Rōmaji)
きやうだい (hiragana historical)

From 兄 (kyō, “elder brother”, Go-on) + 弟 (dai, “younger brother”, Go-on), from Middle Chinese 兄弟.
Alternatively, from 兄 (kei, “elder brother”) (Kan-on) + 弟 (tei, “younger brother”) (Kan-on), from Chinese 兄弟. Compare 兄妹 (keimai, “elder brother and younger sister”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”), and 姉妹 (shimai, “elder and younger sisters”).

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男兄弟

女兄弟

兄妹

siblings, an elder brother and a younger sister

姉弟

siblings, an elder sister and a younger brother


イケメン

Chinese: 池面

From イケてる (iketeru, “cool”) and メンズ (menzu, “men”).


ショタコン

[ɕo̞ta̠kõ̞ɴ]

A shortened form of 正(しょう)太(た)郎(ろう)コンプレックス (Shōtarō konpurekkusu), derived from 金(かね)田(だ)正(しょう)太(た)郎(ろう) (Kaneda Shōtarō), the name of the protagonist of Tetsujin 28-go. Modeled after ロリコン (rorikon).

ja-r

正%太%郎 コンプレックス

^しょう%た%ろう コンプレックス

^かね%だ ^しょう%た%ろう

A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to an underage boy.


女人

女人禁制

女人禁制 にょにんきんせい


男尊女卑

男尊女卑 (canonical)
dansonjohi (romanization)

[dã̠ɰ̃sõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞çi]

男尊女卑の社会

男尊女卑 だんそんじょひ

male chauvinism, valuing men above women


女性

ja-noun

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”).


従兄弟

[d͡ʑɨːke̞ːte̞ː]

From 従 (jū-, “secondary”) + 兄弟 (keitei, “brothers”).


公子

Literary Chinese 公子 (gōngzǐ, literally “duke's son”)

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(historical) the son of a duke in China or Vietnam; compare 王子 (son of a king) and 皇子 (son of an emperor)


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


社会学

ja-noun

社(しゃ)会(かい)学(がく) • (shakaigaku) ^(←しやくわいがく (syakwaigaku)?)

社会学 (canonical)
shakaigaku (romanization)
syakwaigaku (romanization)
しやくわいがく (hiragana historical)

From 社会 (shakai, “society”) + 学 (-gaku, “-graphy; -logy”). Coined by Masakazu Toyama as a calque of French sociologie.


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！


文化

Meiji period
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:文化

文化 (canonical)
bunka (romanization)
bunkwa (romanization)
ぶんくわ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 文化 (wénhuà)

→ Korean: 문화 (munhwa)

→ Vietnamese: văn hoá

Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), repurposed during the Meiji period as a translation of German Kultur.
Cited with the culture sense starting from roughly 1870.

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これは、国語の性格に、文化の伝統、国民性の特質が作用するからである。

1928, 岸田國士, 「語られる言葉」の美

The tradition of culture and the traits of the nation function to make the character of the national language.

Kore wa, kokugo no seikaku ni, bunka no dentō, kokuminsei no tokushitsu ga sayō suru kara de aru.

文化圏固有動作

文化圏固有動作 ぶんかけんこゆうどうさ

文化観光省

文化観光省 ぶんかかんこうしょう

文化勲章

文化勲章 ぶんかくんしょう

文化交流

文化交流 ぶんかこうりゅう

文化功労者

文化功労者 ぶんかこうろうしゃ

person who has made outstanding cultural contributions

文化財保護法

文化財保護法 ぶんかざいほごほう

Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties

文化心理学

文化心理学 ぶんかしんりがく

文化事業部

文化事業部 ぶんかじぎょうぶ

文化人類学

文化人類学 ぶんかじんるいがく

文化大革命

文化大革命 ぶんかだいかくめい

文化地理学

文化地理学 ぶんかちりがく

映像文化

映像文化 えいぞうぶんか

漢字文化圏

漢字文化圏 かんじぶんかけん

芸術文化の破壊

芸術文化 げいじつぶんか

重要文化財

重要文化財 じゅうようぶんかざい

重要無形文化財

重要無形文化財 じゅうようむけいぶんかざい

消費者文化

消費者文化 しょうひしゃぶんか

大衆文化

大衆文化 たいしゅうぶんか

多元文化論

多元文化論 たげんぶんかろん

多文化主義

多文化主義 たぶんかしゅぎ

伝統文化

伝統文化 でんとうぶんか

無形文化財

無形文化財 むけいぶんかざい

有形文化財

有形文化財 ゆうけいぶんかざい


大丈夫

ja-adj

大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) • (daijōbu) ^(←だいぢやうぶ (daidyaubu)?)-na (adnominal 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)な (daijōbu na), adverbial 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)に (daijōbu ni))

大丈夫 (canonical)
daijōbu (romanization)
daidyaubu (romanization)
大丈夫な (adnominal)
大丈夫に (adverbial)

→ Hokkien: lăi-jiò͘-bù

→ Mandarin: 大丈夫 (dàzhàngfū)

→ Yonaguni: 大丈夫 (daidubu)

From Chinese 大丈夫, equivalent to 大 (dai-) + 丈夫 (jōbu).

大丈夫ですか。

1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “なにがなんだか 後編 [What’s What: Last Chapter]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 283:

ほんとに⁉

ほんとに⁉

(of a person) all right; okay; in good health; uninjured


ロリコン

→ English: lolicon

→ French: lolicon

→ Hebrew: לוליקון (lulikón)

→ Korean: 로리콘 (rorikon)

→ Mandarin: 蘿莉控／萝莉控 (luólìkòng)

→ Russian: лолико́н (lolikón)

→ Ukrainian: лоліко́н (lolikón)

[ɾo̞ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

Clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”), from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita and English complex (not from English Lolita complex, which comes from the Japanese term). Compare ショタコン (“Shōtarō complex, attraction to young boys”), マザコン (“mother complex, Oedipus complex”).

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ロリータ・コンプレックス

1991, Shōji Kitagawa, Satsujin Hyōron [Critique of Manslaughter], page 108:

ロリコンが性の問題であるからには、そこに何がしかの闘争性が見られなければならない。

Rorikon ga sei no mondai dearu kara ni wa, soko ni nanigashi ka no tōsō sei ga mirarenakerebanaranai.

Because lolicon is a sexual problem, we must look for some conflict of that nature.

(informal) lolicon
sexual attraction to young girls

2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “BREAK(ブレイク).39(さんじゅうきゅう) 痛(つう)恨(こん)の国(くに)光(みつ)‥ [Break 39: When Kunimitsu Has Remorse...]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer Eiji], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

チッ ロリコンが

チッ ロリコンが

one who is sexually attracted to young girls


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)


義兄

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


民族

people, race, ethnic group - people that have a common culture, common customs, etc.


野郎

野郎 (canonical)
yarō (romanization)
yarau (romanization)
やらう (hiragana historical)

(informal) a son of a bitch, a bastard, a jerk, a motherfucker, a rascal, a scoundrel (used almost exclusively to refer to males)


野郎

(informal) that son of a bitch, that bastard, that jerk, that motherfucker, that rascal, that scoundrel


老婆

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


サラリーマン

→ English: salaryman

→ Korean: 샐러리맨 (saelleorimaen)

[sa̠ɾa̠ɾʲiːmã̠ɴ]

First cited to 1924.
Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from English phrase salaried man, which appears in print at least as early as 1828.
The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English.
Analyzable as サラリー (sararī) + マン (-man).

Daijisen
Salaryman
ja:サラリーマン
ja:松村明
wasei eigo


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

写真花嫁 しゃしんはなよめ


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


ネカマ

→ Korean: 넷카마 (netkama)

Blend of ネット (netto, “Internet”) + オカマ (okama, “faggot”).

blend

(Internet slang, offensive) A man who pretends to be a woman online.


継母

ja-noun

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.


お爺さん

ja-noun

お爺(じい)さん • (ojii-san) ^(←おぢいさん (odiisan)?)

お爺さん (canonical)
ojii-san (romanization)
odiisan (romanization)
おぢいさん (hiragana historical)


フェミニズム

[ɸe̞mʲiɲ̟izɨmɯ̟]

feminism (the social theory or political movement)


息子

Compound of 生(む)す (musu, “to beget”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”). 息 is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Middle Chinese 息子.

com-ja

1985 December 20, Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四(よん)十(じゅう)八(はち)話(わ) 家(か)族(ぞく) Ⅰ(いち) [Chapter 48: Family I]”, in ファミリー！ [Family!], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:

I came here to LA from Seattle… to look for my son …I am —Jonathan Allen’s father

シアトルからＬＡへは…息子を尋ねてきました…ぼくは———ジョナサン・アレンの父親です

Shiatoru kara koko e wa… musuko o tazunete kimashita …Boku wa ———Jonasan Aren no chichioya desu

1994 November 4 [1993 June 17], Yozaburo Kanari with Sato, Fumiya, “異(い)人(じん)館(かん)村(むら)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑪(じゅういち) [The Western-Style Village Murder Case #11]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 9th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 84:

彼は‥‥竜一は私の息子なんだ‼

Kare wa‥‥ Ryūichi wa watashi no musuko na n da‼

2009 January 10, Masami Tsuda, “第(だい)一(いち)話(わ) 石(いし)の薔(ば)薇(ら)と氷(こおり)の桜(さくら) [Chapter 1: Stone Rose and Ice Cherry Blossom]”, in ちょっと江戸まで [Just Going to Edo], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, pages 10–11:

I’ve lived in self-indulgence all my life… It’s by no means a life worth praising… But… there’s still one thing I’ve always been proud of… That’s having you as my son…! Adiós!

儂は好き放題に生きてきた……決してひとに褒められるような人生ではなかった…………が…ただひとつ誇れるものがある…お前を息子に持ったことさ…！アディオス

Washi wa suki hōdai ni ikite kita…… Kesshite hito ni homerareru yō na jinsei de wa nakatta………… ga… tada hitotsu hokoreru mono ga aru… Omae o musuko ni motta koto sa…! Adiosu


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)


曾祖伯父

ja-noun

曾祖伯父(おおおおじおじ) • (ōōjioji) ^(←おほおほぢをぢ (ofoofodiwodi)?)

曾祖伯父 (canonical)
ōōjioji (romanization)
ofoofodiwodi (romanization)
おほおほぢをぢ (hiragana historical)

[o̞ːo̞ːʑio̞ʑi]

From 大祖父(おおおおじ) (ōōji) + 伯父(おじ) (oji).
Historically /ohoohodiwodi/. /h/ was initially realized as [p], and eventually weakened into [ɸ] resulting in *[opoopodiwodi] > [oɸooɸodiwodi]. Intervocalic /h/ [ɸ] regularly weakens leaving [oooodiwodi]. The distinction between /zi/ and /di/ as well as /o/ and /wo/ is lost resulting in /zi/ [d͡ʑi] and [o], respectively, and hence the modern form [oːoːd͡ʑiod͡ʑi].

ja-compound

大祖父(おおおおじ) (ōōji) + 伯父(おじ) (oji)

a brother of one's grandparents; a great uncle; a grand uncle


義父

From Chinese 義父／义父 (yìfù, “a father by moral principles”).


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


放火魔

(firefighting, criminology, psychology) pyromaniac


埋没

埋(まい)没(ぼつ) • (maibotsu) ^(←まいぼつ (maibotu)?)

埋没 (canonical)
maibotsu (romanization)
maibotu (romanization)
まいぼつ (hiragana historical)


埋没

埋没する (canonical)
maibotsu suru (romanization)
maibotu (romanization)
埋没し (stem)
埋没した (past)
埋没し
まいぼつし
maibotsu shi
埋没する
まいぼつする
maibotsu suru
埋没すれ
まいぼつすれ
maibotsu sure
埋没せよ (imperative literary)
埋没しろ (colloquial imperative)
まいぼつせよ (imperative literary)
まいぼつしろ (colloquial imperative)
maibotsu seyo (imperative literary)
maibotsu shiro (colloquial imperative)
埋没される (passive)
まいぼつされる (passive)
maibotsu sareru (passive)
埋没させる (causative)
埋没さす (causative)
まいぼつさせる (causative)
まいぼつさす (causative)
maibotsu saseru (causative)
maibotsu sasu (causative)
埋没できる (potential)
まいぼつできる (potential)
maibotsu dekiru (potential)
埋没しよう (volitional)
まいぼつしよう (volitional)
maibotsu shiyō (volitional)
埋没しない (negative)
まいぼつしない (negative)
maibotsu shinai (negative)
埋没せず (continuative negative)
まいぼつせず (continuative negative)
maibotsu sezu (continuative negative)
埋没します (formal)
まいぼつします (formal)
maibotsu shimasu (formal)
埋没した (perfective)
まいぼつした (perfective)
maibotsu shita (perfective)
埋没して (conjunctive)
まいぼつして (conjunctive)
maibotsu shite (conjunctive)
埋没すれば (conditional hypothetical)
まいぼつすれば (conditional hypothetical)
maibotsu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(LGBTQ) to live as one's affirmed gender


義母

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


美少年

[bʲiɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

pretty young boy, beautiful adolescent boy


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)


彼氏

彼氏 (canonical)
彼氏 (canonical)
kareshi (romanization)

彼 (kare, “he; him; boyfriend”) + 氏 (shi, “he; him”)

a boyfriend (male partner in a romantic relationship)


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.


長子

Compound of 長 (“long; elder”) + 子 (“child”).


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”).


兄貴

兄貴 (canonical)
兄貴 (canonical)
aniki (romanization)

そりゃ兄貴だ。

お父さん！髪長くてかっこいいね！すごく若々しい！

Otō-san! Kami nagakute kakkoī ne! Sugoku wakawakashii!

Dad! You looked so cool with long hair! And so young!

1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う？ [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by Tōjirō Kusanagi (Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi and Kenichi Ono), CBC, via TBS:

a big brother (someone who is considered one's senior)


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.

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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


同性

同性愛者

同性愛者 どうせいあいしゃ

同性結婚

同性結婚 どうせいけっこん

同性愛嫌悪

同性愛嫌悪 どうせいあいけんお


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”)


親父

親(おや)父(じ) or 親父(オヤジ) or 親(や)父(じ) or 親父(ヤジ) • (oyaji or yaji) ^(←おやぢ (oyadi) or オヤヂ (oyadi) or やぢ (yadi) or ヤヂ (yadi)?)

親父 (canonical)
親父 (canonical)
親父 (canonical)
親父 (canonical)
oyaji (romanization)
yaji (romanization)
oyadi (romanization)
yadi (romanization)
おやぢ (hiragana historical)
オヤヂ (hiragana historical)
やぢ (hiragana historical)
ヤヂ (hiragana historical)

Perhaps from 親 (oya, “parent”) + 父 (chichi, “father”). The reading appears to be an alteration of an earlier form, oyachichi, perhaps under the influence of 爺 (chichi, jiji, jī, “old man”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

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2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ) 父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, 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, pages 215–216:

Stop it, pops… St…Stop it, please‼ I can’t fight you, pops‼ Why, pops… Why… Why can’t you hear me⁉ It’s me‼ I’m Alle‼ Pops‼

やめろ オヤジ…や…やめてくれよ‼ オヤジと戦えるわけないだろ―――――‼ なんでだよ オヤジ…なんで…なんでわかってくれねぇんだ⁉ オレだよ！アルだ‼ オヤジィ‼

Yamero oyaji… Ya…yamete kure yo‼ Oyaji to tatakaeru wakenai daro―――――‼ Nan de da yo oyaji… Nan de… Nan de wakatte kurenēn da⁉ Ore da yo! Aru da‼ Oyajī‼

2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ) 父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, 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 225:

Please wake up… pops… Pops, I… I have… gotten stronger, haven’t I?

目を覚ましてくれよ…オヤジ…オヤジ オレ…オレ…強くなっただろ？

Me o samashitekure yo… Oyaji… Oyaji Ore… Ore… tsuyoku natta daro?


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.


はんざいこうい

犯罪行為: (criminology, law) a criminal act, a criminal offense


犯罪学者

ja-noun

犯(はん)罪(ざい)学(がく)者(しゃ) • (hanzaigakusha) (counter 人)

犯罪学者 (canonical)
hanzaigakusha (romanization)
人 (counter)


はんざいしんり

犯罪心理: (criminology, psychology) criminal psychology, that is the criminal mind itself, not the study of it


犯罪学

犯罪学 (canonical)
hanzaigaku (romanization)

犯罪学者: criminologist

犯罪学者 はんざいがくしゃ


はんざいしんりがく

犯罪心理学 犯罪心理学#Japanese

犯罪心理学: (criminology, psychology) criminal psychology, that is the study of the criminal mind


犯罪心理学

犯罪心理学 (canonical)
hanzaishinrigaku (romanization)

(criminology, psychology) criminal psychology; the study of the criminal mind


犯罪行為

犯罪行為 (canonical)
hanzaikōi (romanization)

(criminology, law) criminal act, criminal offense


犯罪心理

犯罪心理 (canonical)
hanzaishinri (romanization)

(criminology, psychology) criminal psychology, that is the criminal mind itself, not the study of it

犯罪心理学

犯罪心理学 はんざいしんりがく


お転婆

Phono-semantic matching of Dutch ontembaar (“untameable, indomitable”): お (o, honorific prefix) + 転(てん) (ten, “to turn”) + 婆(ば) (ba, “old woman”). This is a typical case of folk etymology.


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:

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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


やもめ

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Shoki
The Tales of Ise

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of an uncertain element やも (yamo) + 女(め) (me, “woman”). The same element is also found in やもお (yamoo, “widower”, archaic), a compound with 男(お) (o, “man”).
The original sense of “widow” is first attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, while the sense of “widower” arose later, in the 10th century, and is first recorded in the The Tales of Ise. See also やまめ (yamame), an archaic shift from yamome.


球児

球児 (canonical)
kyūji (romanization)
kiuzi (romanization)
きうじ (hiragana historical)

高校球児

甲子園球児


球児

球児 (canonical)
Kyūji (romanization)
Kiuzi (romanization)
きうじ (hiragana historical)

藤川球児

Fujikawa Kyūji (pro baseball player who was coincidentally given this name at birth by his father)


次男

ja-pos

次(つぎ)男(お) or 次(つぐ)男(お) • (Tsugio or Tsuguo)

次男 (canonical)
次男 (canonical)
Tsugio (romanization)
Tsuguo (romanization)


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


悟り

悟り (canonical)
satori (romanization)
さとり (hiragana historical)

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 悟(さと)る (satoru).

ja-etym-renyokei

(Internet slang, historical) a subclass of cosplay and male-to-female crossdressing, characterized by the face being hidden


皇女

ja-noun

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.


狼男

狼(おおかみ)男(おとこ) • (ōkamiotoko) ^(←おほかみをとこ (ofokamiwotoko)?)

狼男 (canonical)
ōkamiotoko (romanization)
ofokamiwotoko (romanization)
おほかみをとこ (hiragana historical)

From 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”) + 男 (otoko, “human male”). Compare English werewolf (from were (“adult human male”) + wolf), German Werwolf, Dutch weerwolf.


慰安婦

ja-noun

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


海人

Unknown. The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).


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”).


父ちゃん

父ちゃん (canonical)
tōchan (romanization)
とっちゃん (alternative hiragana)
totchan (Rōmaji)

[to̞ːt͡ɕã̠ɴ]

From 父 (tō, “father”) + ちゃん (-chan, “familiar suffix”).


童子

(Buddhism) a boy between 8 and 20 years of age who studies scriptures and runs errands in a temple without actually being a practicing monk


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


長男

[t͡ɕo̞ːnã̠ɴ]


神人

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


流動性

(chemistry, sociology) mobility, fluidity


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.


ニューハーフ

ja-noun

ニューハーフ • (nyūhāfu)

English: newhalf

[ɲ̟ɨːha̠ːɸɯ̟]

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ja:ニューハーフ

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from new + half


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)


腕白坊主

腕白坊主 (canonical)
wanpakubōzu (romanization)

[β̞ã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ bo̞ːzɨ]

腕白(わんぱく) (wanpaku, “mischievous”) + 坊主(ぼうず) (bōzu, “young boy”)


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)


男の娘

ja-noun

男(おとこ)の娘(こ) or 男(オトコ)の娘(コ) • (otokonoko)

男の娘 (canonical)
男の娘 (canonical)
otokonoko (romanization)

Chinese:

Mandarin: 男娘 (nánniáng)

Derived from changing the 子(こ) (ko, “child”) of 男(おとこ)の子(こ) (otokonoko, “boy”) into 娘(こ) (ko, “girl”).

A male who has feminine appearance and mannerisms; femboy.

女装子: male-to-female crossdresser

女装 (josō): male-to-female cross-dressing


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.

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
en:kyariaūman
ja:キャリアウーマン


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.")


少年愛

ja:少年愛
ja:少年愛 (少女漫画)

少年愛 (canonical)
shōnen'ai (romanization)

[ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”)

ja-compound

2008, Kiryū Misao, Sekai jōshi taizen: ‘ai’ to ‘shi’ to ‘eros’ no bigaku [World collection of lovers’ suicide: aesthetics of ‘love’ and ‘death’ and ‘eros’], page 1:

The human body, especially the well-proportioned body of a young man, was widely admired as the greatest beauty. The many opportunities to come into contact of with naked bodies of the same sex could not help but awaken a sense of pederasty in young men.

人間の肉体、とくに均整のとれた青年の肉体はもっとも美しいものとして称賛された。同性の裸身に触れる機会の多いことは、いやでも若者に少年愛を目覚めさせずにはおかなかった。

Ningen no nikutai, tokuni kinsei no toreta seinen no nikutai wa mottomo utsukushī mono to shite shōsansareta. Dōsei no rashin ni fureru kikai no ōi koto wa, iya de mo wakamono ni shōnen'ai o mezamesasezu ni wa okanakatta.


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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ja:フェミニスト
ja:松村明


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


親王

ja-noun

親(しん)王(のう) • (shinnō) ^(←しんわう (sin'wau)?)

親王 (canonical)
shinnō (romanization)
sin'wau (romanization)
しんわう (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese, borrowed from Middle Chinese 親王 (t͡sʰiɪn ɦʉɐŋ), in turn a compound of 親 (“very familiar; very close”) + 王 (“king”, in ancient Japan, this term was also used to refer to an imperial prince), so called because of the closeness to the reigning emperor. The ō reading for 王 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).
First cited in Japanese to a text from 718 CE.

王

ō, specific to the Japanese imperial family, refers to any grandson, great-grandson

a specific rank granted to certain male members of the imperial family:

an East Asian imperial prince who is either brother or son to the reigning emperor


パス

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:NHK出版
ja:NHK放送文化研究所
ja:松村明


パス

パスする (canonical)
pasu suru (romanization)
パスし (stem)
パスした (past)
パスし
pasu shi
パスする
pasu suru
パスすれ
pasu sure
パスせよ (imperative literary)
パスしろ (colloquial imperative)
pasu seyo (imperative literary)
pasu shiro (colloquial imperative)
パスされる (passive)
pasu sareru (passive)
パスさせる (causative)
パスさす (causative)
pasu saseru (causative)
pasu sasu (causative)
パスできる (potential)
pasu dekiru (potential)
パスしよう (volitional)
pasu shiyō (volitional)
パスしない (negative)
pasu shinai (negative)
パスせず (continuative negative)
pasu sezu (continuative negative)
パスします (formal)
pasu shimasu (formal)
パスした (perfective)
pasu shita (perfective)
パスして (conjunctive)
pasu shite (conjunctive)
パスすれば (conditional hypothetical)
pasu sureba (conditional hypothetical)


三男

Compound of 三 (“three”) + 男 (“man; male”).


ヒーロー

ja-noun

ヒーロー • (hīrō)

1997 July 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)23(にじゅうさん) アメリカン・ヒーロー〈後(こう)編(へん)〉 [Battle 23: American Hero ‹Last Chapter›]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう) [King of Games], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 81:

Tomoya… I was wrong…… Under this mask… the face that took a beating for friends, was the true face of a hero…

友也…パパは間違っていたよ……このマスクに隠れていた…友達のために傷ついた顔こそが本当のヒーローの顔だったんだね…

Tomoya… papa wa machigatte ita yo…… Kono masuku ni kakurete ita… tomodachi no tame ni kizutsuita kao koso ga hontō no hīrō no kao datta n da ne…

2009 August 24 [2006 November 7], Naoyuki Kageyama, “Ｇ(ジー)Ｘ(エックス)－２(ツー) その名(な)は万(まん)城(じょう)目(め)‼ [GX-2: That Name is Manjōme!!]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう)[Ｇ](ジー)[Ｘ](エックス) [King of Games GX], 22nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo, →ISBN, page 49:

I summon Elemental HERO Airman in Attack Mode!!

Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ エアーマンを攻撃表示で召喚‼

Erementaru Hīrō Eāman o Kōgeki Hyōji de shōkan‼

2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “１(いち)撃(げき)目(め) 一(いち)撃(げき) [1st Hit: One Hit]”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19:

なんだその適当な設定は…

なんだその適当な設定は…

なんだその適当な設定は…

2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], spoken by Chloe Price (Lynn), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:

マックスはあたしのヒーローだ


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”).

af

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


嫡男

[t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟nã̠ɴ]

By surface analysis, 嫡 (chaku, “legitimate wife”) + 男 (nan, “son”), literally “legitimate wife's son”.

surf

清盛嫡男たるによって、其跡をつぐ。

Kiyomori chakunan taru ni yotte, sono ato o tsugu.

As Kiyomori was the first legitimate son, he inherited that stead.

1330, 平家物語 [The Tale of the Heike / Heike Monogatari]:


ホスト

a host (paid male companion offering conversation)


ガール

ja-noun

ガール • (gāru)

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


外祖父

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather


歌姫

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

com

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.


包茎

包茎 (canonical)
hōkei (romanization)
faukei (romanization)
はうけい (hiragana historical)

嵌頓包茎

嵌頓包茎 かんとんほうけい


シスターボーイ

ja-noun

シスターボーイ • (shisutā bōi)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from sister + boy


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”).


老爺

老爺 (canonical)
rōya (romanization)
rauya (romanization)
らうや (hiragana historical)


美男子

[bʲidã̠ɰ̃ɕi]


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)


孫息子

孫息子 (canonical)
magomusuko (romanization)

From 孫 (mago, “grandchild”) + 息子 (musuko, “son”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

af

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)


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)


尻もどき

尻もどき (canonical)
ketsumodoki (romanization)

尻 (“buttocks, ass”) + もどき (“like something”), literally means "resembling an ass".

(vulgar, derogatory, offensive) fag, faggot, poofter (homosexual)


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)

blend

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

Daijisen
Gyaru
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:ギャル
ja:松村明

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.


嵌頓包茎

嵌頓包茎 (canonical)
kantonhōkei (romanization)

From 嵌頓(かんとん) (kanton, “incarceration”) + 包茎(ほうけい) (hōkei, “phimosis”).


ビューティー

ja-noun

ビューティー • (byūtī)


社会言語学

社(しゃ)会(かい)言(げん)語(ご)学(がく) • (shakai gengogaku) ^(←しやくわいげんごがく (syakwaigengogaku)?)

社会言語学 (canonical)
shakai gengogaku (romanization)
syakwaigengogaku (romanization)
しやくわいげんごがく (hiragana historical)

[ɕa̠ka̠i ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]


方言学

方(ほう)言(げん)学(がく) • (hōgengaku) ^(←はうげんがく (faugengaku)?)

方言学 (canonical)
hōgengaku (romanization)
faugengaku (romanization)
はうげんがく (hiragana historical)

[ho̞ːɡẽ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]

方言 (hōgen, “dialect”) + 学 (-gaku, “-graphy; -logy”)


タンポン

From German Tampon or Dutch tampon, from French tampon

a tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material)

Daijisen
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:タンポン
ja:松村明


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

A transliteration of the English male given name Rory


前夫

one's ex-husband, former husband separated by divorce


女学生

ja-noun

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]


性転換

性(せい)転(てん)換(かん) • (seitenkan) ^(←せいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?)

性転換 (canonical)
seitenkan (romanization)
seitenkwan (romanization)
せいてんくわん (hiragana historical)

[se̞ːtẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Compound of 性 (sei, “sex”) + 転換 (tenkan, “change”).

(transgender, sometimes offensive) gender reassignment


性転換

性転換する (canonical)
seitenkan suru (romanization)
seitenkwan (romanization)
性転換し (stem)
性転換した (past)
性転換し
せいてんかんし
seitenkan shi
性転換する
せいてんかんする
seitenkan suru
性転換すれ
せいてんかんすれ
seitenkan sure
性転換せよ (imperative literary)
性転換しろ (colloquial imperative)
せいてんかんせよ (imperative literary)
せいてんかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
seitenkan seyo (imperative literary)
seitenkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
性転換される (passive)
せいてんかんされる (passive)
seitenkan sareru (passive)
性転換させる (causative)
性転換さす (causative)
せいてんかんさせる (causative)
せいてんかんさす (causative)
seitenkan saseru (causative)
seitenkan sasu (causative)
性転換できる (potential)
せいてんかんできる (potential)
seitenkan dekiru (potential)
性転換しよう (volitional)
せいてんかんしよう (volitional)
seitenkan shiyō (volitional)
性転換しない (negative)
せいてんかんしない (negative)
seitenkan shinai (negative)
性転換せず (continuative negative)
せいてんかんせず (continuative negative)
seitenkan sezu (continuative negative)
性転換します (formal)
せいてんかんします (formal)
seitenkan shimasu (formal)
性転換した (perfective)
せいてんかんした (perfective)
seitenkan shita (perfective)
性転換して (conjunctive)
せいてんかんして (conjunctive)
seitenkan shite (conjunctive)
性転換すれば (conditional hypothetical)
せいてんかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
seitenkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)

[se̞ːtẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

(transgender, sometimes offensive) be operate in gender reassignment surgery


合法ロリ

合(ごう)法(ほう)ロリ • (gōhō rori) ^(←がふはふロリ (gafufafurori)?)

合法ロリ (canonical)
gōhō rori (romanization)
gafufafurori (romanization)
がふはふロリ (hiragana historical)

Chinese: 合法蘿莉／合法萝莉

[ɡo̞ːho̞ː ɾo̞ɾʲi]

ダルに紹介したら“合法ロリktkr！”などと興奮して手がつけられなくなりそうだ。

Daru ni shōkai shitara “gōhō rori kitakore!” nado to kōfun shite te ga tsukerarenakunarisō da.

If I introduce her to Daru, he'd probably say things like "yeah, a legal loli!", becoming excited and out of hand.

(slang) "legal loli", "barely legal": a girl who appears to be underage but is over 18 years old


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⁉


鰥夫

鰥夫 (canonical)
kanpu (romanization)
kwanpu (romanization)
くわんぷ (hiragana historical)


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


モダンボーイ

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

(obsolete, slang) a "modern boy"; a young man dressed in exotic Western fashions


分娩台

分娩台 (canonical)
bunbendai (romanization)

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


ジェンダーフリー

ja-noun

ジェンダーフリー • (jendāfurī)

[d͡ʑẽ̞nda̠ːɸɯ̟ɾʲiː]

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

pseudo-loan

disregarding societal norms relating to gender


パッシング

[pa̠ɕːĩŋɡɯ̟]


性別違和

性別違和 (canonical)
seibetsu iwa (romanization)

Compound of 性別 (seibetsu, “gender”) + 違和 (iwa, “disorder”).

compound

性同一性障害

性同一性障害 せいどういつせいしょうがい


性同一性障害

ja-noun

せい どういつせい しょうがい

せいどういつせいしやうがい

性(せい)同(どう)一(いつ)性(せい)障(しょう)害(がい) • (sei dōitsusei shōgai) ^(←せいどういつせいしやうがい (seidouituseisyaugai)?)

性同一性障害 (canonical)
sei dōitsusei shōgai (romanization)
seidouituseisyaugai (romanization)
せいどういつせいしやうがい (hiragana historical)

Compound of 性同一性 (sei dōitsusei, “gender identity”) + 障害 (shōgai, “disorder”).

compound

せいどういつせいしょうがい

gender identity disorder
gender identity disorder


性同一性

性同一性 (canonical)
sei dōitsusei (romanization)

Compound of 性 (sei, “gender”) + 同一性 (dōitsusei, “identity”).

性同一性障害

性同一性障害 せいどういつせいしょうがい


トランスセクシャル

[to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨse̞kɯ̟ɕa̠ɾɯ̟]


間性

Compound of 間 (kan, “between”) + 性 (sei, “sex”).


トランスジェンダー

[to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨʑẽ̞nda̠ː]


妹婿

妹婿 (canonical)
imōto-muko (romanization)


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


スタントマン

[sɨ̥tã̠nto̞mã̠ɴ]


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]


性差別

性差別 (canonical)
seisabetsu (romanization)

From 性 (sei, “sex”) + 差別 (sabetsu, “discrimination”).


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”)

affix

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


ボーイ

Clipping of ベルボーイ (berubōi), borrowed from English bellboy.


継父

ja-noun

継(けい)父(ふ) or 継(まま)父(ちち) • (keifu or mamachichi)

継父 (canonical)
継父 (canonical)
keifu (romanization)
mamachichi (romanization)


義妹

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

affix

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


義弟

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


ペドフィリア

Internationalism; see English pedophilia.

小児性愛

小児性愛 しょうにせいあい


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


ウェイター

ja-noun

ウェイター • (weitā)

a waiter (a male server in a restaurant or similar)


胎教

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)


駙馬

(historical, monarchy) a Chinese prince consort, the husband of a 公主 (kōshu, “Chinese princess”) and son-in-law of the Chinese emperor


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.


両声類

両声類 (canonical)
ryōseirui (romanization)

Pun on 両生類(りょうせいるい) (ryōseirui, “amphibian”), swapping 生(せい) (sei, “living”) with 声(せい) (sei, “voice”): "both-voices-type".

(Internet slang) singer who can sing in both a masculine and a feminine voice


ボーイッシュ

ja-adj

ボーイッシュ • (bōisshu) -na (adnominal ボーイッシュな (bōisshu na), adverbial ボーイッシュに (bōisshu ni))

bōisshu (romanization)
ボーイッシュな (adnominal)
ボーイッシュに (adverbial)
ボーイッシュだろ (imperfective stem)
bōisshu daro (imperfective stem)
ボーイッシュで (continuative stem)
bōisshu de (continuative stem)
ボーイッシュだ (stem terminative)
bōisshu da (stem terminative)
ボーイッシュな (attributive stem)
bōisshu na (attributive stem)
ボーイッシュなら (hypothetical stem)
bōisshu nara (hypothetical stem)
ボーイッシュであれ (imperative stem)
bōisshu de are (imperative stem)
ボーイッシュではない (informal negative)
ボーイッシュじゃない (informal negative)
bōisshu de wa nai (informal negative)
bōisshu ja nai (informal negative)
ボーイッシュだった (informal past)
bōisshu datta (informal past)
ボーイッシュではなかった (informal negative past)
ボーイッシュじゃなかった (informal negative past)
bōisshu de wa nakatta (informal negative past)
bōisshu ja nakatta (informal negative past)
ボーイッシュです (formal)
bōisshu desu (formal)
ボーイッシュではありません (formal negative)
ボーイッシュじゃありません (formal negative)
bōisshu de wa arimasen (formal negative)
bōisshu ja arimasen (formal negative)
ボーイッシュでした (formal past)
bōisshu deshita (formal past)
ボーイッシュではありませんでした (formal negative past)
ボーイッシュじゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
bōisshu de wa arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
bōisshu ja arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
ボーイッシュで (conjunctive)
bōisshu de (conjunctive)
ボーイッシュなら（ば） (conditional)
bōisshu nara (ba) (conditional)
ボーイッシュだったら (conditional past)
bōisshu dattara (conditional past)
ボーイッシュだろう (volitional)
bōisshu darō (volitional)
ボーイッシュに (adverbial)
bōisshu ni (adverbial)
ボーイッシュさ (noun-from-adj)
bōisshusa (noun-from-adj)

ja-adj-infl

ボーイッシュ

. で は ありません でした

. じゃ ありません でした


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)


兄妹

ja-noun

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

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

1992 June 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “遠(とお)くて近(ちか)い大(おお)江(え)戸(ど)夢物語(ファンタジー)の巻(まき) [A Near-and-Far Ōedo Fantasy]”, in [虹色](NIJI-IRO)[とうがらし](TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 181:

You're sure a laid-back one though. Just the other day you were all Shichimi this, Shichimi that.
It can't be helped now that he's my brother.

しかしあなたもずいぶんアッサリした性格ね。いつこの間まで七味七味って騒いでたくせに。
兄妹ではいた仕方あるまい。

Shikashi anata mo zuibun assari shita seikaku ne. Itsu kono aida made Shichimi Shichimi tte sawaideta kuse ni.
Kyōdai de wa ita shikata aru mai.

1996 November 1 [1992 August 17], CLAMP, “嚆(こう)矢(し)Ⅰ(いち) [Overture I]”, in [X](エックス) [X], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 15:

Those two are the sibling goal of this town

あの二人は町内自慢の兄妹だよ

Ano futari wa chōnai jiman no kyōdai da yo

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


ホステス

a hostess (bargirl (a female companion))


ロリータ・コンプレックス

^ロリータ・コンプレックス

→ English: Lolita complex (calque)

[ɾo̞ɾʲiːta̠ kõ̞mpɯ̟ɾe̞k̚kɯ̟̊sɨ]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita and English complex, corresponding to ロリータ (rorīta) + コンプレックス (konpurekkusu). Compare Wasei eigo マザーコンプレックス (“mother complex, Oedipus complex”).

1969, “Lolita Complex: R. Trainer”, in Ushio, number 119, page 345:

ロリータ・コンプレックスという言葉はおそらくまだ確立されていない言葉だと思われるが一言でいえば、幼児愛の世界をいった言葉である。

Rorīta konpurekkusu to iu kotoba wa osoraku mada kakuritsu-sareteinai kotoba da to omowareru ga hitokoto de ieba, yōji ai no sekai o itta kotoba dearu.

The word Lolita complex is not yet a well-established word I think, but to put it simply it refers to the world of pedophilia.

2017 January 10, “Fan no fubai undō mo [Fans boycott]”, in K Style:

しかし、ネットユーザーたちはこれさえも「ロリータコンプレックスに基づいたものだ」とし、このようなコンセプトに参加した芸能人も結局「ロリータファンタジーを作ることを助長しているのだ」と非難する。

Shikashi, netto yūzā tachi wa kore sae mo “Rorīta konpurekkusu ni motoizuita mono da” to shi, kono yō na konseputo ni sanka shita geinōjin mo kekkyoku “Rorīta fantajī o tsukuru koto o jochō shite iru no da” to hinan suru.

But even net users say, “This is based on a Lolita complex,” and criticize entertainers who participate in such a scheme as “furthering the creation of a Lolita fantasy.”

lolicon
sexual attraction to young girls

2018 April 27, “Nainai Okamura, Kokubu ni sugu renraku TOKIO Yamaguchi jiken ‘Boku wa joshi kōsei o mite mo nantomo omowanai’ [Nainai Okamura, Kokubu respond immediately to the TOKIO Yamaguchi scandal: ‘I don't even think about looking at school girls’]”, in Nifty News:

相手が女子高生であったことを受け、「僕はロリータ・コンプレックスではない。妹がいたし、女子高生を見ても何も思わない。(ＡＶでは)セーラー服とかは一切みない。」

Aite ga joshi kōsei deatta koto o uke, “Boku wa Rorīta konpurekkusu de wa nai. Imōto ga ita shi, joshi kōsei o mite mo nani mo omowanai. (Ēbui de wa) sērā fuku toka wa issai minai.”

Regarding the suggestion that his partner was a high school girl [he said], “I’m not a pedophile. I have a younger sister, and I don’t even think about looking at high school girls. I never look at (pornography with) school uniforms.”

one who is sexually attracted to young girls


スチュワード

[sɨ̥t͡ɕɨβ̞a̠ːdo̞]


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

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”)


優生学

ja-noun

優(ゆう)生(せい)学(がく) • (yūseigaku) ^(←いうせいがく (iuseigaku)?)

優生学 (canonical)
yūseigaku (romanization)
iuseigaku (romanization)
いうせいがく (hiragana historical)

[jɯ̟ːse̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟]


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

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)


ふたなり

ja-noun

ふたなり or フタナリ • (futanari) ^(←ふたなり (futanari)?)

ふたなり (canonical)
フタナリ (canonical)
futanari (romanization)
ふたなり (hiragana historical)

→ English: futanari, futa

desc

→ Mandarin: 扶他那裡／扶他那里 (fútānàlǐ), 扶他 (fútā)

⇒ Cantonese: 扶他 (fu⁴ taa¹)

[ɸɯ̟ta̠na̠ɾʲi]

(now chiefly pornography) hermaphrodite, futanari (person with both male and female secondary sex characteristics, generally having a female body and a penis)


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).

pseudo-loan

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


先夫

one's ex-husband, former husband separated by divorce


お坊さん

From 坊 (“monk”) + さん, an honorific sometimes used with job titles.

(informal, honorific) a Buddhist monk, a bonze


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)


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)