じょし

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See also: しょし, しょうし, しょじ, しょうじ, じょうし, じょじ, and じょうじ

Japanese

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【助詞】
(grammar) Particle: a part of speech in Japanese grammar known as a particle or relational; a suffix indicating the part of speech of the previous element or the mode of the whole preceding sentence or clause.
【女子】
girl; woman
【女史】
(ancient China) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting. During the Zhou Dynasty, this position was thought to be responsible for protocol and etiquette, changing during the Han Dynasty to handle the records of the inner palace.
(ancient Japan) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting under the Ritsuryō system.
Generic honorific suffix for women: Ms. / Miss / Mrs.
【序詞】
foreword, preface, prologue
(This term, じょし (joshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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