See 少女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”). Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning \"young boy\".",
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"少",
"おと"
],
[
"女",
"め"
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"tags": [
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],
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"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"adult",
"adult"
],
[
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"unmarried"
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"maiden"
]
]
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"glosses": [
"a girl"
],
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"girl",
"girl"
]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"a female virgin"
],
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"female",
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],
[
"virgin",
"virgin"
]
]
},
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"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"ja:Mythology"
],
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"a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph"
],
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"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"celestial",
"celestial"
],
[
"maiden",
"maiden"
],
[
"fairy",
"fairy"
],
[
"nymph",
"nymph"
]
],
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"(mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph"
],
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"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
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],
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"a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month"
],
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"Shinto"
],
[
"dancer",
"dancer"
],
[
"五節",
"五節#Japanese"
],
[
"lunar month",
"lunar month"
]
],
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],
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"Shinto",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
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"other": "おとめ"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞to̞me̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
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}
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