娘むすめ

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

Refers to one's own daughter or someone else's daughter. Neutral and widely used.

Used for a young, unmarried woman, often with a slightly old-fashioned or affectionate tone. In modern casual speech, 女の子 is more common for 'girl'.

娘むすめを嫁よめに出だすto give one's daughter in marriage
来らい月げつ、娘むすめを嫁よめに出だすことになった。
Next month, we're going to give our daughter away in marriage.
若わかい娘むすめa young girl/woman
村むらには若わかい娘むすめが少すくなくなった。
There are fewer young women in the village now.
娘むすめが生うまれるto have a daughter born (to one)
先せん週しゅう、娘むすめが生うまれた。
Our daughter was born last week.
娘むすめを育そだてるto raise a daughter
彼かの女じょは一人ひとりで娘むすめを育そだててきた。
She has raised her daughter on her own.

娘むすめ一人ひとりに婿むこ八はち人にんbeing besieged by suitors; being very popular (with the opposite sex)

女おんなの子こN5sense 2
女の子 is the common modern word for 'girl', while 娘 in the 'young woman' sense sounds more literary or old-fashioned.
お嬢じょうさんN4
娘 is the plain, neutral word for 'daughter' used for one's own child or casually, while お嬢さん is the polite term reserved for someone else's daughter.
令れい嬢じょう
娘 is the neutral, unmarked word for 'daughter' that can refer to one's own child, whereas 令嬢 is honorific and used only for someone else's daughter.
少しょう女じょN3
娘 usually means one's own daughter or a young unmarried woman in a family context, while 少女 refers neutrally to any young girl.

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一人ひとり娘むすめN3
娘 simply means daughter or girl, while 一人娘 specifically emphasizes that she is the only daughter.
子こN4
娘 specifically means 'daughter' or 'young woman', while 子 covers both sexes and is broader in meaning.

息子むすこN4sense 1
息子 means 'son', the male counterpart to 娘 'daughter'.
せがれN1
娘 means 'daughter', the gender opposite of せがれ, which specifically refers to a son.

お嬢じょうさんhonorific 尊敬語N4sense 1
お嬢さん is the polite/honorific way to refer to someone else's daughter, whereas 娘 is the plain, neutral term (often used for one's own daughter).
お嬢じょう様さま
娘 is the plain, neutral word for 'daughter', while お嬢様 is the honorific form used to speak respectfully of someone else's daughter.

娘むすめ婿むこ
娘婿 contains 娘 but means the daughter's husband, whereas 娘 alone simply means daughter.
嬢じょうN1
娘 is the common word for daughter and is normally read むすめ, whereas 嬢 is a separate, more formal kanji used for young ladies or as a title/suffix, read じょう.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

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猫ねこ娘むすめ
catgirl; cat-like female character
箱はこ入いり娘むすめ
sheltered girl; naive girl; ingénue · wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
生き娘むすめ
virgin; innocent young woman
妹いもうと娘むすめ
younger daughter
姉あね娘むすめ
elder daughter; older daughter
娘むすめ分ぶん
treated as a daughter; adopted daughter figure · geisha house manager (Edo period)
娘むすめ婿むこ
son-in-law
娘むすめ役やく
female role; female part
娘むすめ御ご
(someone else's) daughter
娘むすめ心ごころ
girlish mind; girlish innocence
弟おとうと娘むすめ
younger daughter
末すえ娘むすめ
youngest daughter
村むら娘むすめ
village girl

娘Usage98%
- むすめ
  Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
- こ
むすめUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.
ムスメUsage<1%
こ

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 娘 is conventionally associated with 'daughter' and 'young woman'.