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彼女 (かのじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

彼かの女じょ

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の

じょ

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Meanings

1

pronoun

Standard third-person feminine pronoun. Used for a female person, often someone known to the speaker. Can also refer to a girlfriend in context, but the core meaning is the pronoun.

See also: 彼 (かれ)

彼かの女じょは私わたしの妹いもうとです。
She is my younger sister.
彼かの女

じょ

に

この

本ほん

を

あげ

た

。

I gave her this book.

2

noun

Refers specifically to a romantic partner. Often used with possessive 私の or in context where the relationship is clear. Compare with 彼氏 (boyfriend).

See also: 彼氏

昨日きのう、彼かの女じょと映えい画がを見みに行いった。
Yesterday I went to see a movie with my girlfriend.
彼かれは新あたらしい彼かの女じょができたらしい。
It seems he has a new girlfriend.

Written forms

彼かの女じょUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for both the pronoun and the noun.
カノジョUsage<1%

Kanji

彼he, that, the
女woman, female

Similar words

彼かれ
彼 is the masculine counterpart, meaning 'he' or 'boyfriend'. 彼女 is specifically feminine.
彼かれ氏し
彼氏 means 'boyfriend' and is the direct male equivalent of 彼女 in the romantic sense. 彼女 as a pronoun has no direct 彼氏 counterpart.

Etymology

Compound of 彼 (かれ, 'he') and 女 (おんな, 'woman'), originally meaning 'that woman'. The reading かのじょ is a contraction of かの (archaic 'that') and おんな. The pronoun use developed in the Meiji period under Western influence, and the 'girlfriend' sense is a later semantic extension.