お嬢さん

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 御嬢さん

Noun

お嬢さん (hiragana おじょうさん, rōmaji o-jō-san)

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 o-jō-san

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

   (literally, “the young lady over there”)

Synonyms

• お嬢様 (じょうさま) (ojōsama)

See also

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