お嬢さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嬢
じょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
お孃さん (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 御(お)嬢(じょう)さん (ojōsan)

Noun

お嬢(じょう)さん • (ojōsan) 

1. someone else's daughter (honorific)
2. young lady, miss (form of address)

   そこのお嬢(じょう)さん

   soko no ojōsan

   excuse me, young lady (said to get her attention)

   (literally, “the young lady over there”)

Synonyms

• お嬢(じょう)様(さま) (ojōsama)

See also

• 娘(むすめ) (musume) (one's own daughter, generic term; girl)