娘

Meaning

娘 centers on a young female person, specifically a daughter or a girl. The two meanings are closely linked: a daughter is a girl in relation to her parents.

• 娘むすめ
  N4

  daughter

• 孫娘まごむすめ

  granddaughter

• 看板娘かんばんむすめ

  pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop

• 小娘こむすめ

  young girl; lass; adolescent female

• 一人娘ひとりむすめ
  N3

  only daughter

• 愛娘まなむすめ

  (one's) beloved daughter

• 猫娘ねこむすめ

  catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat

• 箱入り娘はこいりむすめ

  girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; ingénue

• 生娘きむすめ

  virgin; innocent young woman

• 娘婿むすめむこ

  son-in-law

• おてんば娘おてんばむすめ

  tomboy; hoyden

• おぼこ娘おぼこむすめ

  innocent girl; naive girl; virgin

• もらい娘もらいむすめ

  adopted daughter

• オレっ娘おれっこ

  young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore"

• ボクっ娘ぼくっこ

  young woman who uses the usually male first person pronoun "boku"

• メガネっ娘めがねっこ

  girl who wears glasses

• メガネ娘めがねむすめ

  girl who wears glasses

• モー娘モーむす

  Morning Musume (abbr)

• 万年娘まんねんむすめ

  woman of perennial youth

• 中国娘ちゅうごくじょう

  Chinese girl

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