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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


(onnanoko)

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