"処女" meaning in Japanese

See 処女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ʑo̞] Forms: 処女 [canonical] (ruby: (しょ), (じょ)), shojo [romanization], syodyo [romanization], しょぢょ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|處女}} 處女 (MC tsyhoX|tsyhoH nrjoX|nrjoH), {{IPAfont|/syodyo/}} /syodyo/, {{IPAfont|/syozyo/}} /syozyo/, {{lang|ja|[家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな)}} [家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな), {{furigana/ja|[家に]処る女|[いえに]いるおんな}} [家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょじょ|hhira=しょぢょ}} 処(しょ)女(じょ) • (shojo) ^(←しょぢょ (syodyo)?)
  1. unmarried woman
    Sense id: en-処女-ja-noun-YoMuXI9M
  2. female virgin (female who has not had sexual experience) Categories (topical): Female people, Sex Synonyms (virgin): 生娘 (kimusume) (ruby: 生娘(きむすめ)) Related terms (not to be confused with): 少女 (shōjo) (ruby: 少女(しょうじょ)) (english: a young girl)
    Sense id: en-処女-ja-noun-k9ZBDmYb Disambiguation of Female people: 7 88 5 0 Disambiguation of Sex: 9 62 9 21 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 48 8 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 85 3 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 85 3 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 85 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 51 9 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 79 5 11 Disambiguation of 'virgin': 2 84 2 12 Disambiguation of 'not to be confused with': 4 91 0 5
  3. woman's virginity
    Sense id: en-処女-ja-noun-Y5F6glvh
  4. (in compound words) one's first foray into; maiden
    Sense id: en-処女-ja-noun-yLQiRQoK Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 29 17 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 処女作 (shojosaku) (ruby: 処女作(しょじょさく)), 処女性 (shojosei) (ruby: 処女性(しょじょせい)) Related terms: 童貞 (dōtei) (ruby: 童貞(どうてい)) (english: male virgin)
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