"乙女" meaning in Japanese

See 乙女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞me̞] Forms: 乙女 [canonical] (ruby: (おと), ()), otome [romanization], wotome [romanization], をとめ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: ⟨woto₂me₁⟩ → /wotome/ → /otome/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Compound of おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”). Contrasts with 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”). See also 娘 (musume, “daughter”), 姫 (hime, “princess”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨woto₂me₁⟩}} ⟨woto₂me₁⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=おとめ}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|おと|女|pos1=cognate with Old Japanese verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">復つ</i> otsu, “to become young”|sort=おとめ|t2=girl, female|tr1=oto|tr2=me}} おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとめ|hhira=をとめ}} 乙(おと)女(め) • (otome) ^(←をとめ (wotome)?)
  1. daughter
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun-TtKPgsqW
  2. virgin, maiden
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun--KNxgFsu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 64 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 86 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 86 10
  3. little girl, young lady
    Sense id: en-乙女-ja-noun-aQzRTQQk Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 23 23 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 乙女葵 (otomeaoi) (ruby: 乙女葵(おとめあおい)), 乙女心: girl's feeling (otomegokoro) (ruby: (おと), (), (ごころ)), 乙女座 (Otomeza) (ruby: (おと), (), ()) (english: Virgo), 乙女桜 (otomezakura) (ruby: (おと), (), (ざくら)) (english: fairy primrose), 乙女チック: girly (otome-chikku) (ruby: (おと), ()), 乙女百合 (otomeyuri) (ruby: 乙女百合(おとめゆり)), 天津乙女 (amatsuotome) (ruby: (あま), (), (おと), ()) (english: celestial maiden), 早乙女 (saotome) (ruby: (), (おと), ()) (english: young girl) Related terms: 少女 (shōjo) (ruby: (しょう), (じょ))
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