noun
Archaic familiar vocative term for a young woman, used in classical Japanese. Cross-referenced with 郎子 (いらつこ), the male counterpart.
See also: 郎子
古事記には「郎女」という呼びかけが登場する。
The vocative '郎女' appears in the Kojiki.
郎子 is the male counterpart, used as a familiar term for a young man in the same archaic context.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling 郎女 is conventionally associated with the meaning 'young woman' in classical texts.