"女友" meaning in Japanese

See 女友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑo̞jɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: 女友 [canonical] (ruby: (じょ), (ゆう)), joyū [romanization], dyoiu [romanization], ぢよいう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|zh|女友|lit=woman + friend|sort=しょゆう'}} Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じょゆう|hhira=ぢよいう}} 女(じょ)友(ゆう) • (joyū) ^(←ぢよいう (dyoiu)?)
  1. (dated, literary, rare) female friend Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen, Kyōsuke Kindaichi, ja:松村明 Tags: dated, literary, rare Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: 女友達

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