女らしい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おんな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

(おんな) (onna, woman) + らしい (-rashii, to be like or equivalent to; to be perceived as)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(おんな)らしい (onnarashiiをんならしい (wonnarasii)?-i (adverbial (おんな)らしく (onnarashiku))

  1. womanly, feminine

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN