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おりもの Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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Meanings

1

noun

vaginal discharge

usually written using kana alone

Medical and everyday term for physiological discharge; often used in women's health contexts.

おりものの量りょうや色いろが気きになったら、婦ふ人じん科かを受じゅ診しんしてください。
If you are concerned about the amount or color of your vaginal discharge, please see a gynecologist.

2

noun

menstruation; period

usually written using kana alone

Euphemistic or older term for menstruation; in modern Japanese 生理 is more common.

昔むかしは「おりもの」が月げっ経けいを指さすこともあったが、今いまはほとんど使つかわれない。
In the past, おりもの could refer to menstruation, but it is rarely used that way now.

3

noun

afterbirth; lochia

usually written using kana alone

Refers to postpartum discharge; primarily a medical or midwifery term.

出しゅっ産さん後ごのおりものは、悪お露ろと呼よばれることが多おおい。
Postpartum discharge is often called 悪露 (lochia).

Written forms

おりものUsage83%
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 下り物 is rare and may be confused with other readings.
オリモノUsage17%
kana-only spelling
Katakana form is occasionally seen in medical or product contexts, but not a standard spelling.
下おり物ものUsage1%
Kanji spelling is rarely used; the kana form is strongly preferred.

Kanji

下below, down, descend
物thing, object, matter

Similar words

生せい理り
The standard modern word for menstruation; おりもの in this sense is dated and euphemistic.
悪お露ろ
The precise medical term for postpartum discharge (lochia); おりもの can overlap but is less specific.

Etymology

Compound of 下り (ori, 'descending') + 物 (mono, 'thing'), literally 'something that comes down'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has long been used euphemistically for bodily discharges.