じょし
Meanings
Noun
1. woman; girl
Pitch accent
じょ
Composed of
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
girls' high school
girls-only gathering
women's college; women's university
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
schoolgirl; female student
women's dormitory
girls' school
female university student; female college student
female student
girls' or women's division or section
girls' high school
for women
women's college
girls' team
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men; woman who likes eating meat
women's junior college
for the use of women only
perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like
perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like
female fan of yuri comics, etc.
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
women with low disposable incomes; (lit.) poverty girls
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
girl who has low self esteem
women's junior college
female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision
girls-only drinking party
female league
Examples (8 in total)
There was a long line at the women's restrooms.
Our teacher favors only the girl students.
Everyone in the girls' class brought their own lunch.