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)
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. |
| 女 | |
| 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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