"宮女" meaning in Japanese

See 宮女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 宮女 [canonical] (ruby: 宮(みや), 女(おみな)), 宮女 [canonical] (ruby: 宮女(みやおんな)), miyaomina [romanization], miyaonna [romanization], myawomina [romanization], みやをみな [hiragana, historical]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|みやおみな}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|みやおみな|みやおんな|hhira=みやをみな}} 宮(みや)女(おみな) or 宮女(みやおんな) • (miyaomina or miyaonna) ^(←みやをみな (myawomina)?)
  1. (archaic) a woman attendant in the imperial court Tags: archaic Synonyms: 宮女, 女官
    Sense id: en-宮女-ja-noun-W3WAddN7 Categories (other): 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, Female people, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Female people: 51 49 Disambiguation of Occupations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 宮女 [canonical] (ruby: 宮(きゅう), 女(じょ)), kyūjo [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|きゅうじょ}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|きゅうじょ}} 宮(きゅう)女(じょ) • (kyūjo)
  1. a woman attendant in the imperial court; lady-in-waiting
    Sense id: en-宮女-ja-noun-LosM-bra 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, Female people, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Female people: 51 49 Disambiguation of Occupations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 宮女 meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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