"女性" meaning in Japanese

See 女性 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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: 52 33 15 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 4 entries, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 24 25 12 30 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 26 13
  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, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, 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 4 entries: 24 25 12 30 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 22 10 38 9 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 49 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 45 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 23 65 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 45 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 58 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}} Borrowed from 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
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"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "男の人"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "otoko",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "男",
          "おとこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "男"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dansei",
      "word": "男性: male"
    },
    {
      "word": "man"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Spelling repurposed from nyoshō below during the Meiji period (1868–1912), using the relatively newer kan'on readings of the characters.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "女性",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "josei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dyosei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "人",
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぢよせい",
      "roman": "dyosei",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "count": "人",
        "hhira": "ぢよせい"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "biological gender",
      "roman": "seibetsu",
      "ruby": [
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          "性",
          "せい"
        ],
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          "別",
          "べつ"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "sei",
      "ruby": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kodomo",
      "word": "子供: child"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "children"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young girl",
      "roman": "shōjo",
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          "少",
          "しょう"
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        [
          "女",
          "じょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young boy",
      "roman": "shōnen",
      "ruby": [
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          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
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          "年",
          "ねん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young man",
      "roman": "seinen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "年",
          "ねん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青年"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 25 12 30 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 26 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 33 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ja:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "roman": "Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "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",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.",
          "ref": "1999 August 26, “誕(たん)生(じょう)の天(てん)使(し) [Angel of Birth]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:",
          "roman": "Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:",
          "roman": "Kore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi",
          "text": "これで興(こう)福(ふく)寺(じ)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",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman (adult female person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-女性-ja-noun-oIctoSxK",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "name": "Biology",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "ja:Grammar",
          "parents": [
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
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        },
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          "_dis": "24 25 12 30 10",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "30 49 21",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "32 45 23",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 56 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "23 65 12",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "31 45 24",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Human",
          "orig": "ja:Human",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the feminine gender"
      ],
      "id": "en-女性-ja-noun-nA7JTPnR",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
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        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine"
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        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, grammar) the feminine gender"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じょせー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "onna no hito",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "おんな"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "女の人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "onna",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "おんな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meiji period"
  ],
  "word": "女性"
}

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      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞ː]"
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          "じょ"
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          "せい"
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    {
      "english": "young girl",
      "roman": "shōjo",
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          "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(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "roman": "Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "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",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.",
          "ref": "1999 August 26, “誕(たん)生(じょう)の天(てん)使(し) [Angel of Birth]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:",
          "roman": "Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:",
          "roman": "Kore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi",
          "text": "これで興(こう)福(ふく)寺(じ)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",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman (adult female person)"
      ],
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          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "ja:Biology",
        "ja:Grammar"
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      "glosses": [
        "the feminine gender"
      ],
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        [
          "biology",
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        ],
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          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
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          "gender"
        ]
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "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 terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "女性",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "にょ"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "しょう"
        ]
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      "form": "nyosyau",
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      "form": "によしやう",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
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        "a woman"
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      "other": "にょしょー"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞ː]"
    }
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      "english": "woman",
      "roman": "fujin",
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        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "婦人"
    }
  ],
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}

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