乙女
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 乙 | 女 |
| おと Grade: S |
め Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
/woto2me1/: [wotwome] → [wotome] → /otome/
Compound of おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”).[1][2] Contrasts with 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
乙女 (hiragana おとめ, romaji otome, historical hiragana をとめ)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Related terms[edit]
- 少女 (shōjo)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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- Japanese terms spelled with 乙 read as おと
- Japanese terms spelled with 女 read as め
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound words
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
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