処女
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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処 | 女 |
しょ Grade: 6 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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處女 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 處女 (MC tsyhoX|tsyhoH nrjoX|nrjoH). /syodyo/ > /syozyo/
Originally referred in Japanese to a woman in a house ([家に]処る女 ie ni iru onna), more specifically to an unmarried woman.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- unmarried woman
- virgin (female who has not had sexual experience)
- 30歳の処女
- sanjussai no shojo
- 30-year-old virgin
- 30歳の処女
- virginity
- 彼氏に処女をあげる
- kareshi ni shojo o ageru
- give her virginity to her boyfriend
- 処女を奪う
- shojo o ubau
- to take a girl's virginity
- 処女を失う
- shojo o ushinau
- to lose one's virginity
- 彼氏に処女をあげる
- for the first time; maiden (voyage, publication etc)