織しょく女じょ

noun

female weaver

Refers to a woman who weaves, often in a traditional or historical context. The reading おりめ is associated with the spelling 織り女, while しょくじょ is used with 織女.

• 彼かの女じょは村むらで一いち番ばんの織しょく女じょとして知しられていた。

  She was known as the best female weaver in the village.

• 織しょく女じょたちは美うつくしい絹きぬの布ぬのを織おり上あげた。

  The female weavers wove beautiful silk cloth.

noun

Vega; Alpha Lyrae

Only with reading しょくじょ

Astronomical term for the star Vega. The reading is restricted to しょくじょ. Often used in the compound 織女星 (しょくじょせい).

See also: 織女星 (しょくじょせい)

• 織しょく女じょ星せいは夏なつの夜よ空ぞらでひときわ明あかるく輝かがやく。

  Vega shines especially bright in the summer night sky.

• 七夕たなばたの伝でん説せつでは、織しょく女じょはこと座ざのベガとされています。

  In the Tanabata legend, the Weaver Girl is identified with Vega in the constellation Lyra.