General term for an adult female person. Less polite than 女性 or 女の人; can sound blunt or rough in formal contexts. Also used as a prefix in compounds like 女優 (actress) or 女心 (woman's heart).
See also: 男
Who is that woman?
My older sister wants to become a strong woman.
female lover; girlfriend; mistress
Refers to a woman with whom one has a romantic or sexual relationship. Can be possessive or informal; context determines whether it means girlfriend, lover, or mistress. Often used in phrases like 女がいる (have a woman) or 女を作る (take a mistress).
It seems he has a woman (a lover/girlfriend).
That man took a mistress.
Apparently he actually has a woman on the side.
He'd taken up with a woman outside his marriage.
He got involved with a woman at work and it caused problems.
mountain witch; mountain hag · akebia; chocolate vine (Akebia quinata)
yuki-onna; snow woman
womanizer; philanderer; lady-killer
womanly; ladylike; feminine
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles · female partner; woman in a relationship
ladykiller; ladies' man · murder of a woman; femicide; murderer of a woman
womanizing; philandering; weakness for women
female help; female worker; woman's labor · woman's handwriting · hiragana (archaic)
Kyoto woman; woman from Kyoto
tomboy; boyish girl
woman who uses 'boku' for herself
gentle woman; affectionate woman · beautiful graceful woman
unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
huge woman; giantess
female owner; proprietress; landlady; female head of a household
kanji 'woman' radical at left (radical 38)
gentler path to a shrine/temple