女にょう護ご

noun

mythical island of women

Abbreviation of 女護の島, a legendary island inhabited only by women. Not used independently in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical or mythological contexts.

See also: 女護の島 (にょうごのしま)

• 「女にょう護ご」は「女にょう護ごの島しま」の略りゃくで、女おんなだけが住すむという伝でん説せつの島しまを指さす。

  女護 is an abbreviation of 女護の島, a legendary island said to be inhabited only by women.

noun

women-only place

Rare extended use for any location exclusively for women. Modern Japanese would normally use 女性専用 or similar expressions.

• この温おん泉せんには「女にょう護ごの湯ゆ」と呼よばれる女じょ性せい専せん用ようの浴よく場じょうがある。

  This hot spring has a women-only bath called 女護の湯.