noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
General term for an adult human female. Also used as a no-adjective to mean 'female' or 'women's'.
She is a very kind woman.
女性専用車両があります。
There is a women-only train car.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
feminine gender
Only with reading じょせい
Grammar term for the feminine gender of nouns, pronouns, etc. Restricted to the reading じょせい.
フランス語の名詞には男性と女性の区別がある。
French nouns have a distinction between masculine and feminine gender.
She is a woman who is popular with both men and women.
She has a distinctly feminine kindness.
女性 is the general word for 'woman' or 'female', while 女流 is a prefix attached to job titles or roles to specify that the practitioner is a woman (e.g., 女流作家).
女性 is the formal, often written term for an adult woman, while 女の人 is the everyday spoken equivalent.
女性 is the standard modern word for 'woman', while 婦女子 is a more formal or dated term often used collectively of women (and children).
女性 is the everyday neutral word for 'woman', while 婦 is a more formal, literary term often specifically implying a married woman.
女性 is a neutral term for an adult woman, while 女の子 implies youth and can sound casual or familiar even when used for young women.
女性 is the general, neutral word for 'woman', while レディー specifically implies refinement, elegance, or politeness.
女性 is the general word for a woman of any age, while 少女 specifically means a young girl.
women's history; history of women
female name