お嬢じょうさん

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Polite way to refer to another person's daughter. Not used for one's own daughter.

〈人ひと〉のお嬢じょうさんsomeone's daughter
田た中なかさんのお嬢じょうさんは大だい学がく生せいです。
Mr. Tanaka's daughter is a university student.
お嬢じょうさんと呼よぶto address someone as 'young lady'
店てん員いんは彼かの女じょをお嬢じょうさんと呼よんだ。
The store clerk addressed her as 'young lady'.
お嬢じょうさんはお元げん気きですかhow is your daughter doing? (polite inquiry)
お嬢じょうさんはお元げん気きですか。
How is your daughter doing?

娘むすめN4sense 1
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.
お子こさんN4
お子さん is a gender-neutral honorific for a child of any age, while お嬢さん specifically means someone else's daughter or a young lady.
令れい嬢じょう
お嬢さん is the everyday polite word for someone else's daughter, while 令嬢 is more formal and often implies a high-status family.
嬢じょうN1
お嬢さん is the everyday, polite way to refer to someone's daughter or a young lady, while 嬢 alone is more formal, suffix-like, or old-fashioned.

息子むすこさん sense 1
息子さん is the polite term for someone else's son, the male counterpart to お嬢さん for someone else's daughter.

お嬢じょう様さまhonorific 尊敬語sense 1
お嬢様 is an even more formal and deferential way to refer to another's daughter than お嬢さん, often used by servants or in very polite speech.
嬢じょうちゃんplainN2
お嬢さん is the polite, respectful way to refer to someone's daughter or a young lady, while 嬢ちゃん is a more casual, affectionate version often used with children.
娘むすめplainN4

お坊ぼうさんN1
お坊さん (a Buddhist monk) sounds similar to お嬢さん (a young lady/someone's daughter) but has a completely different meaning.

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).

Polite prefix お + 嬢 (young lady) + honorific suffix さん. The kanji 嬢 means 'daughter' or 'young lady'.

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).