処女

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See also: 處女 and 处女

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
処 女
しょ
Grade: 6 		じょ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
處女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 處女 (MC tsyhoX|tsyhoH nrjoX|nrjoH). /syodyo/ > /syozyo/.

Originally referred in Japanese to a woman in a house ([家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな) ie ni iru onna), more specifically to an unmarried woman.

Pronunciation

Noun

処(しょ)女(じょ) • (shojo) ←しょぢょ (syodyo)?

  1. unmarried woman
  2. female virgin (female who has not had sexual experience)
    30歳(さんじゅっさい)の処女(しょじょ)
    sanjussai no shojo
    30-year-old virgin
  3. woman's virginity
    彼氏(かれし)に処女(しょじょ)をあげる
    kareshi ni shojo o ageru
    give her virginity to her boyfriend
    処女(しょじょ)を奪(うば)う
    shojo o ubau
    to take a girl's virginity
    処女(しょじょ)を失(うしな)う
    shojo o ushinau
    to lose one's virginity
  4. (in compound words) one's first foray into; maiden
    処女(しょじょ)作(さく)
    shojosaku
    one's first work as an author, artist, etc.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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