Lexis Rex Home



The Japanese word for girl is
女の子

おんなのこ - onnanoko
女-woman (onna), の-(noun modifier) (no), 子-child (ko)



girl

Japanese Definition


girl
     1. 名詞. 少女、ガール
           the girl in white clothes
           白い服を着た少女 。
     2. 名詞. (年齢によらず)女性



Translations for girl and their definitions

女の子
     1. n. a child that is female: a girl
     2. n. a woman


少女
     1. n. a (young, little) girl
     2. n. (anime manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo
     3. n. a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
     4. n. a girl
     5. n. a female virgin
     6. n. (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph
     7. n. (Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節, tr=Gosechi ceremony in the eleventh lunar month


女子
     1. n. girl; woman
     2. n. wife and child
     3. n. wife
     4. n. a female child; girl
     5. n. a woman
     6. n. a female child; a girl
     7. n. a woman
     8. n. a female child; a girl
     9. n. a woman


乙女
     1. n. daughter
     2. n. virgin, maiden
     3. n. little girl, young lady
           命 短し、恋せよ 乙女 - Life is short; fall in love, young woman.


     1. n. a female person
     2. n. (specifically) a woman, an adult female
     3. n. a wife
     4. n. a mistress, concubine
     5. n. a maid
     6. n. a prostitute
     7. n. a woman's appearance or quality
     8. n. a feminine object
     9. n. the object in a pairing which is smaller, gentler, etc. than the other
     10. n. (vulgar) girlfriend
           人の女に手を出すな! - Don't you fuckin' dare touch someone else's girl!
     11. n. a woman
     12. n. a wife
     13. n. a female
     14. n. Usage: Used more in compounds than on its own.
     15. n. (obsolete) a young woman
     16. n. a woman, especially an actress or a prostitute
     17. suffix. (historical) suffixed to names of female figures in the (Edo period)


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation

pronunciation
(onnanoko)

Dictionary




More Japanese words for People
All vocabulary sets
Random Quiz:
What is the word for forty?

Start learning Japanese vocabulary

Subscribe to Word of the Day
Email:



Learn words for People-romaji with
Flash CardsMemory



Our Books