次じ女じょ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

second daughter

Refers specifically to the second-born daughter in a family. Used in formal and informal contexts, often in family introductions or descriptions.

彼かの女じょは三さん人にん姉し妹まいの次じ女じょです。
She is the second daughter among three sisters.
次じ女じょは来らい年ねん大だい学がく生せいになります。
My second daughter will become a university student next year.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の次じ女じょsomeone's second daughter
彼かの女じょは田た中なかさんの次じ女じょです。
She is Mr. Tanaka's second daughter.
次じ女じょが生うまれるa second daughter is born
先せん月げつ、次じ女じょが生うまれました。
Our second daughter was born last month.
次じ女じょとして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in one's role as the second daughter
彼かの女じょは次じ女じょとして家か族ぞくを支ささえてきた。
As the second daughter, she has supported her family.

Kanji

次next, order, sequence
女woman, female

Related words

二に女じょN3
次女 is the more commonly used word for 'second daughter', while 二女 is a less frequent but equally correct term with the same meaning.

Opposites

長ちょう女じょN3
長女 refers to the eldest daughter of a family, while 次女 specifically means the second-born daughter.

Don't confuse with

次じ男なんN3
次女 means 'second daughter' and 次男 means 'second son'; both share 次 for birth order but differ only in the child's gender, which learners often mix up.
長ちょう女じょN3
長女 means the first-born daughter, whereas 次女 means the second-born daughter, so learners must track the birth-order kanji carefully.
三さん女じょN3
次女 means the second daughter, while 三女 means the third daughter, so learners often confuse which ordinal each word refers to.

Etymology

Compound of 次 (ji, 'next') and 女 (jo, 'daughter'). The reading is on'yomi, and the word follows the standard pattern for birth-order terms.