女じょ

noun, noun, used as a suffix

woman; girl; daughter

Primarily used in compounds or as a suffix (e.g., 女性, 長女). As a standalone noun, it is somewhat literary or formal; in everyday speech, 女性 or 女の人 is more common.

• 彼かの女じょは三さん人にん姉し妹まいの長ちょう女じょです。

  She is the eldest daughter of three sisters.

• この大だい学がくは女じょ子し学がく生せいの割わり合あいが高たかい。

  This university has a high proportion of female students.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

Chinese "Girl" constellation

Astronomy term: one of the 28 Chinese lunar mansions, part of the Black Tortoise (玄武) group. Rare outside specialized contexts.

See also: 二十八宿 · 玄武 (げんぶ)

• 二に十じゅう八はっ宿しゅくの一ひとつに「女じょ」がある。

  One of the 28 lunar mansions is called 'Girl'.

noun

feminine noun

Grammar term, abbreviation of 女性名詞. Used in linguistic descriptions of languages with grammatical gender.

See also: 女性名詞

• フランス語ごの「fille」は女じょ性せい名めい詞しで、辞じ書しょでは「女じょ」と略りゃくされることがある。

  In French, 'fille' is a feminine noun, sometimes abbreviated as 女 in dictionaries.