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彼女 (かのじょ, kanojo) Japanese meaning: she | Kotomora
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She is my younger sister.
Usage patterns 彼かの 女じょ ができる to get a girlfriend
I got a girlfriend last month.
彼かの 女じょ と 付つ き 合あ う to date/go out with one's girlfriend
He has been dating his girlfriend for three years.
彼かの 女じょ と 別わか れる to break up with one's girlfriend
He broke up with his girlfriend last week.
私わたし の 彼かの 女じょ my girlfriend
Related words 恋人 is a gender-neutral word for 'lover/partner', whereas 彼女 specifically denotes a female romantic partner.
彼女 is the far more common, native word for a romantic girlfriend (and also just means “she”), while ガールフレンド is a katakana loanword that sounds slightly more formal or Western.
彼女 specifically means 'she' (or 'girlfriend'), whereas あの人 is gender-neutral and carries a more formal or reserved tone.
Opposites 彼女 is the feminine third-person pronoun 'she', while 彼 is its masculine counterpart 'he'.
彼女 in the romantic sense means 'girlfriend', while 彼氏 is the direct male equivalent meaning 'boyfriend'.
Politeness 彼女 is the neutral, polite term for 'she', while あいつ is a rough, familiar or derogatory way to refer to a woman.
彼女 is the neutral, standard word for 'she', whereas そいつ is a blunt, casual way to refer to the same person.
Written forms 彼かの 女じょ Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for both the pronoun and the noun.
カノジョ Usage <1%
Etymology A Meiji-period formation from かの “that” and 女 read じょ, created as a female third-person pronoun under Western influence. The “girlfriend” sense developed later.
