喪女

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Japanese

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 喪女 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
おんな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From モテない (motenai, unpopular) + (onna, woman; female). モテない (motenai) was shortened to (mo) and was assigned the kanji (mo, mourning) as phonetic ateji.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(おんな) (moonna

  1. (Internet slang) unpopular woman, unpopular girl

See also

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  • 喪男 (moo, mootoko, unpopular guy)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じょ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi kan'on

Same derivation as above, using the on'yomi of jo for the character.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(じょ) (mojo

  1. (Internet slang) unpopular woman, unpopular girl
    • 2011, “ワールズエンド・タンスホール”, MARETU [MARETU] (lyrics):
      ()(じょ)()(じゅう)(すう)(ねん)
      mojo to yobare jūsūnen
      It's been ten-odd years that I've been called unpopular

See also

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  • 喪男 (modan, unpopular guy)