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末女 (matsujo) Japanese meaning: youngest daughter | Kotomora

末まつ女じょ

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Meanings

1

youngest daughter

Refers specifically to the youngest daughter in a family. A straightforward kinship term.

彼かの女じょは三さん人にん姉し妹まいの末まつ女じょです。
She is the youngest daughter of three sisters.

Kanji

末end, close, tip
女woman, female

Related words

末すえっ子こ
末っ子 is a more common, gender-neutral term for the youngest child in a family, while 末女 specifically means the youngest daughter.
長ちょう女じょ
長女 means 'eldest daughter', the opposite of 末女.

Etymology

Compound of 末 (matsu, 'end, youngest') and 女 (jo, 'woman, daughter'). The reading is on'yomi.