Only when written 女君
Archaic honorific term used to refer respectfully to someone else's daughter. Restricted to the kanji form 女君.
In classical literature, a nobleman's daughter is sometimes referred to as めぎみ.
Only when written 妻君
Archaic honorific term used to refer respectfully to someone else's wife. The kanji form 妻君 is used for this sense.
妻君 is an old respectful way to refer to another person's wife.
Archaic honorific term for another's daughter; the kanji 女君 is specific to this sense.
Archaic honorific term for another's wife; the kanji 妻君 is specific to this sense.
The reading めぎみ is a combination of 女 (me, 'woman') or 妻 (me, 'wife') and 君 (kimi, 'lord' or honorific suffix), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.