乙女
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Chinese[edit]
2nd heavenly stem | female; woman; daughter | ||
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simp. and trad. (乙女) |
乙 | 女 |
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 (otome).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
乙女
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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乙 | 女 |
おと Grade: S |
め Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
⟨woto2me1⟩ → /wotome/ → /otome/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 C.E..
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] See also 娘 (musume, “daughter”), 姫 (hime, “princess”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 少女 (less common)
Noun[edit]
- daughter
- virgin, maiden
- little girl, young lady
- 命短し、恋せよ乙女
- inochi mijikashi, koiseyo otome
- Life is short; fall in love, young woman.
- 命短し、恋せよ乙女
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Related terms[edit]
- 少女 (shōjo)
References[edit]
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