女

onna

noun★Beginner

formal

woman; female

彼女は優しい女です

She is a kind woman.

女の子が公園で遊んでいる

A little girl is playing in the park.

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Can refer to adult women or young girls depending on context.

Collocations

女の子girl女の人woman女の友達female friend

女の子phrase

girl

女房phrase

wife

For gender-neutral contexts, consider using 人 (hito) or 子 (ko) instead of 女.

Use 女性 for formal contexts (e.g., news, documents), and 女 for casual speech.

The kanji 女 is a pictograph representing a woman, originally depicting a woman kneeling with her legs apart.

In modern Japanese, 女 is often used in compound words and can be more colloquial than 女性 (which is more formal).

女

woman

root

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