じょ
Meanings
Noun
1. おんなのこと。やや古めかしい感じの語。
Kanji used
woman
child
Pitch accent
じょ
Top 1600
Composed of
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
① 子爵の略。
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
schoolgirl; female student
women's dormitory
female university student; female college student
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
girls-only gathering
① 婦人と子供。② 婦人。
① 女子大学の略。
girls' or women's division or section
girls' high school
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
① 女子を教育の対象とする大学。
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
female fan of yuri comics, etc.
perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
women with low disposable incomes; (lit.) poverty girls
girl who has low self esteem
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like
female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision
girls-only drinking party
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.