"仙女" meaning in Japanese

See 仙女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞ɲ̟ːo̞] Forms: 仙女 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (にょ)), sennyo [romanization]
Etymology: From Sinitic 仙女 (xiānnǚ). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zhx|-|sort=せんにょ}} Sinitic Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんにょ}} 仙(せん)女(にょ) • (sennyo)
  1. a nymph Synonyms (nymph): ニンフ (ninfu)
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-sqm1PMKw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 2 15 33 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 32 2 16 32 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 31 2 16 31 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 23 5 22 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 35 3 13 35 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 35 2 13 35 2 Disambiguation of 'nymph': 96 4 0
  2. a fay; a fairy or female elf Synonyms (fairy): 妖精 (yōsei) (ruby: 妖精(ようせい))
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-kX4p2~5e Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 4 4 25 1 4 25 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 2 15 33 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 32 2 16 32 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 31 2 16 31 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 23 5 22 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 35 3 13 35 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 35 2 13 35 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 65 5 Disambiguation of 'fairy': 0 100 0
  3. a female sage
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-6iUcayCO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞] Forms: 仙女 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (じょ)), senjo [romanization], sendyo [romanization], せんぢよ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Sinitic 仙女 (xiānnǚ). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zhx|-|sort=せんじょ}} Sinitic Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんじょ|hhira=せんぢよ}} 仙(せん)女(じょ) • (senjo) ^(←せんぢよ (sendyo)?)
  1. a nymph
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-sqm1PMKw1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 2 15 33 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 32 2 16 32 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 31 2 16 31 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 23 5 22 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 35 3 13 35 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 35 2 13 35 2
  2. a fay; a fairy or female elf
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-kX4p2~5e1 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 4 4 25 1 4 25 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 2 15 33 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 32 2 16 32 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 31 2 16 31 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 23 5 22 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 35 3 13 35 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 35 2 13 35 2
  3. a female sage
    Sense id: en-仙女-ja-noun-6iUcayCO1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 仙女 meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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