"女性" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑo̞se̞ː] Forms: 女性 [canonical] (ruby: (じょ), (せい)), josei [romanization], dyosei [romanization], [counter], ぢよせい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Spelling repurposed from nyoshō below during the Meiji period (1868–1912), using the relatively newer kan'on readings of the characters. Head templates: {{ja-noun|じょせい|count=人|hhira=ぢよせい}} 女(じょ)性(せい) • (josei) ^(←ぢよせい (dyosei)?) (counter 人)
  1. a woman (adult female person) Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-女性-ja-noun-oIctoSxK Disambiguation of Female people: 51 34 15 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, 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 links with redundant alt parameters: 36 39 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 65 21 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52
  2. (biology, grammar) the feminine gender Categories (topical): Biology, Grammar, Human
    Sense id: en-女性-ja-noun-nA7JTPnR Disambiguation of Human: 0 100 0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 45 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 39 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 53 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52 Topics: biology, grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 女の人 (onna no hito) (ruby: (おんな), (ひと)) (english: woman), (onna) (ruby: (おんな)) (english: woman) Related terms: 性別 (seibetsu) (ruby: (せい), (べつ)) (english: biological gender), (sei) (ruby: (せい)) (english: grammatical gender), 子供: child (kodomo), children, 少女 (shōjo) (ruby: (しょう), (じょ)) (english: young girl), 少年 (shōnen) (ruby: (しょう), (ねん)) (english: young boy), 青年 (seinen) (ruby: (せい), (ねん)) (english: young man)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞ː] Forms: 女性 [canonical] (ruby: (にょ), (しょう)), nyoshō [romanization], nyosyau [romanization], によしやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Chinese 女性 (MC nrjoX sjengH, “woman; female + character; gender”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing. Largely superseded in everyday Japanese by josei above. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=にょしょう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|女性|woman; female + character; gender|id=1,1}} 女性 (MC nrjoX sjengH, “woman; female + character; gender”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にょしょう|hhira=によしやう}} 女(にょ)性(しょう) • (nyoshō) ^(←によしやう (nyosyau)?)
  1. (rare, dated) a woman Tags: dated, rare Synonyms: 婦人 (fujin) (ruby: (), (じん)) (english: woman)
    Sense id: en-女性-ja-noun-bnngEl2N Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 39 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 38 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "otoko no hito",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "男",
          "おとこ"
        ],
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          "人",
          "ひと"
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      "word": "男の人"
    },
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      "roman": "otoko",
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      "roman": "dansei",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "seibetsu",
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          "べつ"
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      ],
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      "roman": "sei",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "children"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "shōjo",
      "ruby": [
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          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
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      ],
      "word": "少女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young boy",
      "roman": "shōnen",
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      "word": "少年"
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          "_dis": "65 21 14",
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          "_dis": "51 34 15",
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          "orig": "ja:Female people",
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            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?",
          "ref": "1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動物のお医者さん (動物のお医者さん), 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 19",
          "roman": "Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "とし"
            ],
            [
              "頃",
              "ごろ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "年頃の女性が自分の腸なんか見ていていいのだろうか"
        },
        {
          "english": "Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.",
          "ref": "1999 August 26, “誕生の天使”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami",
          "roman": "Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誕",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "宿",
              "やど"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A flower-dwelling woman who spreads poisonous pollen. Never get anywhere near her.",
          "ref": "2000 January 27, “アルラウネ [Alraune]”, in Vol.7, Konami",
          "roman": "Hana no naka no josei ga doku kafun o makichirasu. Chikazuite wa ikenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "毒",
              "どく"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "粉",
              "ふん"
            ],
            [
              "散",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "近",
              "ちか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千, 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books",
          "roman": "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.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "興",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "福",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "寺",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "これで興福寺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\nKore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman (adult female person)"
      ],
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        [
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          "woman"
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          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "ja:Biology",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "ja:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
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        {
          "_dis": "32 45 22",
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          "name": "Human",
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        "human-sciences",
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    {
      "other": "じょせー"
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    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "onna no hito",
      "ruby": [
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          "おんな"
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      "word": "女の人"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "onna",
      "ruby": [
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      ],
      "word": "女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meiji period"
  ],
  "word": "女性"
}

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    },
    {
      "form": "ぢよせい",
      "roman": "dyosei",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じょせい",
        "count": "人",
        "hhira": "ぢよせい"
      },
      "expansion": "女(じょ)性(せい) • (josei) ^(←ぢよせい (dyosei)?) (counter 人)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "biological gender",
      "roman": "seibetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "別",
          "べつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "性別"
    },
    {
      "english": "grammatical gender",
      "roman": "sei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "性"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kodomo",
      "word": "子供: child"
    },
    {
      "word": "children"
    },
    {
      "english": "young girl",
      "roman": "shōjo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少女"
    },
    {
      "english": "young boy",
      "roman": "shōnen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "年",
          "ねん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少年"
    },
    {
      "english": "young man",
      "roman": "seinen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "年",
          "ねん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青年"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?",
          "ref": "1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動物のお医者さん (動物のお医者さん), 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 19",
          "roman": "Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "とし"
            ],
            [
              "頃",
              "ごろ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "腸",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "年頃の女性が自分の腸なんか見ていていいのだろうか"
        },
        {
          "english": "Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.",
          "ref": "1999 August 26, “誕生の天使”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami",
          "roman": "Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誕",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "宿",
              "やど"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A flower-dwelling woman who spreads poisonous pollen. Never get anywhere near her.",
          "ref": "2000 January 27, “アルラウネ [Alraune]”, in Vol.7, Konami",
          "roman": "Hana no naka no josei ga doku kafun o makichirasu. Chikazuite wa ikenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "毒",
              "どく"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "粉",
              "ふん"
            ],
            [
              "散",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "近",
              "ちか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千, 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books",
          "roman": "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.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "興",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "福",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "寺",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "これで興福寺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\nKore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman (adult female person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "ja:Biology",
        "ja:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the feminine gender"
      ],
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        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, grammar) the feminine gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じょせー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "onna no hito",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "おんな"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "女の人"
    },
    {
      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "onna",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "おんな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meiji period"
  ],
  "word": "女性"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:Female people",
    "ja:Human"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "-",
        "sort": "にょしょう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "女性",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "にょ"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoshō",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyosyau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "によしやう",
      "roman": "nyosyau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にょしょう",
        "hhira": "によしやう"
      },
      "expansion": "女(にょ)性(しょう) • (nyoshō) ^(←によしやう (nyosyau)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, dated) a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にょしょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "fujin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "婦",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "婦人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "女性"
}
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