Translation guide
Describes qualities, appearance, or behavior considered typical of or suitable for a woman, often with positive connotations of maturity and grace.
Describing a person, appearance, or behavior that is gracefully feminine, mature, and poised.
Describing a body or figure that is curvaceous, full, and typically associated with mature women.
Means 'womanly figure' or 'feminine physique', often implying curves and softness.
彼女は女性らしい体つきをしている。
She has a womanly figure.
Describing actions, gestures, or ways of speaking that are graceful, gentle, and traditionally feminine.
The English word 'womanly' often carries positive connotations of maturity and grace. In Japanese, 女っぽい (onnappoi) can mean 'womanly' but often has a negative or sexual nuance, implying 'flirtatious' or 'vulgar'. Use 女らしい for positive womanliness.
女らしい (onnarashii) is more subjective and value-laden, implying an ideal of womanhood. 女性的 (joseiteki) is more objective and descriptive, often used in formal or analytical contexts.
The most direct and common translation. It means 'womanly' or 'feminine' in a positive sense, implying grace, maturity, and the ideal qualities of a woman.
彼女はとても女らしい人だ。
She is a very womanly person.
女らしい優しさがある。
She has a womanly kindness.
Means 'feminine' or 'womanly' in a more neutral or descriptive way. Can refer to physical features, mannerisms, or qualities. Often used in compound phrases.
彼女は女性的な魅力にあふれている。
She is full of womanly charm.
Literally 'like an adult woman', emphasizing mature womanliness rather than girlish femininity.
大人の女性らしい落ち着きがある。
She has a womanly composure.
Loanword from English 'glamorous', often used to describe a voluptuous, womanly body shape. Slightly more colloquial.
彼女はグラマラスな体型だ。
She has a womanly figure.
Means 'graceful', 'elegant', or 'refined', often used to describe a woman's demeanor. It implies a quiet, modest womanliness.
彼女のしとやかな物腰が印象的だ。
Her womanly demeanor is impressive.
A literary word meaning 'graceful' and 'willowy', describing a woman's elegant and gentle bearing. Rare in everyday speech.
たおやかな立ち居振る舞い。
Womanly deportment.