一人ひとり娘むすめ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

only daughter

Refers to someone's sole daughter. It says there is only one daughter, but context determines whether there are also sons.

彼かの女じょは一人ひとり娘むすめとして大たい切せつに育そだてられた。
She was raised with great care as an only daughter.
社しゃ長ちょうの一人ひとり娘むすめが会かい社しゃを継ついだ

。

The president's only daughter took over the company.

Written forms

一人ひとり娘むすめUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling and the high-priority form.
ひとり娘むすめUsage24%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; useful when the writer wants a softer or less formal look than 一人娘.
１ひと人り娘むすめ
Numeral variant using full-width １; understandable and attested, but 一人娘 is the more standard dictionary spelling.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
人person
娘daughter, girl

Similar words

一人ひとり息子むすこ
The male counterpart: an only son.
一人ひとりっ子こ
Means an only child, regardless of gender; unlike 一人娘, it implies no siblings at all.
娘むすめ
Simply means daughter or girl; it does not include the idea of being the only daughter.

Etymology

A transparent compound of 一人, meaning one person or one alone, and 娘, meaning daughter. The spelling directly reflects the meaning 'one/only daughter.'