Kanji
Readingじょ
Frequency42%
Used in (334 in total)
she; her; girlfriend
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
woman; female; feminine gender
woman; girl
goddess; female deity
queen; female champion
saint; holy woman
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
you; noblewoman; lady
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
beautiful woman
imperial princess
little girl
schoolgirl; female student
virgin; maiden
court lady; lady-in-waiting
female high-school student
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
actress; female actor
lady; (female) pervert
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
young noblewoman; princess
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
girl student; schoolgirl
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
Her Majesty the Queen
adopted daughter; foster daughter
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
(Catholic) nun; sister
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
women's dormitory
feminine; womanly; female
second daughter
(in) her way; peculiar to her
sons and daughters; children; girl
maidservant
(your, his, her) daughter
wicked woman; ugly woman
prostitute; harlot
men and women of all ages
schoolgirl; female student
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(young) girl
female university student; female college student
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
female molester; stupid woman
waitress; hostess
female genitalia
girls-only gathering
feminine; effeminate
woman doctor
third daughter
woman's body
female court attendant; court lady
professional woman go player
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
woman entertainer; prostitute
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
talented woman
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
they (females); them
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
women's college; women's university
queendom; country ruled by a queen
stupid girl; stupid woman
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
women's basketball; girls' basketball
girls' or women's division or section
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
girls' high school
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
fourth-born daughter
female genitals; vulva
student of a girls' school
non-virgin woman; woman with sexual experience
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
fairy; nymph; elf
sex ratio; gender ratio
female factory worker
maiden work; debut work
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
woman; womankind
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
female line; matrilinear
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
bad girl; juvenile delinquent
trouble with women
women's magazine
second daughter
enchantress; vamp
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
empress; queen
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
sexual discrimination; sexism
sexual experience (with women)
female ghost; female apparition; female monster
saleswoman; shopgirl
female voice
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
fifth daughter
virginity; maidenhood; maidenhead
loss of virginity (in women); loss of maidenhead
feminization; feminisation
Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider); Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider); wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
naked woman
unpopular woman; woman who isn't well-liked by men
middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")
iron maiden (torture device)
ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
co-education; mixed education
sporty girl; athletic girl
female prisoner; female convict
single woman; spinster
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
one's son-in-law
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men
barren woman; sterile woman
virtuous woman; faithful wife
female weaver; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
discrimination against women; female discrimination
one's history of love affairs with women
women-only carriage (e.g. on a train)
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
equal rights among men and women
placing women above men
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men; woman who likes eating meat
one's view (opinion) of women
discrimination against women; sexism
feminine gender; feminine form
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
Jurchen people
female dominance; female supremacy
adult woman; mature woman
young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff
feminine beauty
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
wise woman; clever woman
women's rights
women's junior college
women who excel; women in prominent positions
boys and girls
female juvenile delinquent
for the use of women only
female fan of yuri comics, etc.
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
gentle woman; affectionate woman; beautiful graceful woman
youngest daughter
adult film actress; pornstar
perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like
(male) cross-dresser; transvestite
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
filial daughter
women's writing; literature written by women
Virgo (6th zodiacal sign); the Virgin
lascivious woman; lewd woman; prostitute
women with low disposable incomes; (lit.) poverty girls
a 'seeming' of ill fortune concerning women
women's liberation; emancipation of women
female genitalia; female genital organs
glamorous woman; seductive woman
virgin; maiden pure in heart
female professional; mistress (in a field)
goddess of frost and snow; frost and snow
history of women; herstory
empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace
extension of women's rights
girl who has low self esteem
men and women; the whole town
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
lowly woman
women-only carriage (e.g. on a train)
nymphophilia; sexual fixation on young girls; lolicon
respect for women
Jurchen people
gender gap; male-female divide
gallant woman
female employee; female worker; working-woman
ladylike; in the manner of a lady
female emperor (of Japan)
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
women's organization; women's group; women's movement
women's movement activist; feminist activist
low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)
harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision
woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images
(school) admission category for students who have lived abroad
women's rights movement
prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
woman attracted to Americans (particularly in the military)
single woman; bachelor girl; spinster
female student or graduate of Waseda University; woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc.
women's volleyball; girls' volleyball
low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)
various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform
girls-only drinking party
(Japanese) children living overseas
actress that frequently does bizarre things
business woman; prostitute
prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū) (Edo period)
married woman
eldest daughter
women's language
Jurchen language
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; (lit.) first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare
matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
bylaw or ordinance for the purpose of implementing gender equality
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
daisy (Erigeron annuus); daisy fleabane
golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)
ruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
grown-up woman; adult woman
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)
beautiful woman; lady attendant
stone statue of a woman
domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper
bedroom of a forsaken woman