美び婦ふ

noun

beautiful woman; beauty

Obsolete term for a beautiful woman; replaced by 美人 or 美女 in modern Japanese. Found only in historical texts or classical contexts.

See also: 美人 · 美女

• 古こ文ぶん書しょに「美び婦ふ」と記しるされているが、今いまでは使つかわれない。

  It is written as 美婦 in old documents, but it is no longer used today.