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嬢
嬢
16 strokes
Frequency: 2059
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

lass
girl
Miss
daughter

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ジョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
むすめ

Common Words

お嬢様
お嬢さま
おじょうさま
Noun
Freq #3197
1

Polite

(another's) daughter

Examples
お嬢様こちらへどうぞ。
This way, please, mademoiselle.
2

young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

お嬢さん
おじょうさん
Noun
Freq #3665
1

Polite

(another's) daughter

Examples
お嬢さんは試験に合格なさったそうですね。
Your daughter passed the examination, I hear.
2

young lady

Examples
彼女はいささかとりすました良家のお嬢さんだった。
She was a rather prim and proper young lady.
令嬢
れいじょう
Noun
Honorific
Freq #8127
1

(your) daughter; young woman

2

daughter of a good family

嬢
娘
じょう
Freq #8141
1

Common noun

unmarried woman

2

Noun, used as a suffix; After a name

Miss

Examples
田中嬢は長年アメリカにいたので英語を話すのが非常にうまい。
Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.
3

Noun, used as a suffix; After a line of work

-ess; -ette

お嬢
おじょう
Noun
Freq #8234
1

Honorific

(another's) daughter

2

young lady

嬢ちゃん
じょうちゃん
Noun
Freq #10080
1

young girl; young lady

御令嬢
ご令嬢
ごれいじょう
Noun
Honorific
Freq #11180
1

your daughter; young woman

受付嬢
うけつけじょう
Noun
Freq #17308
1

receptionist; reception woman

深窓の令嬢
しんそうのれいじょう
Expression
Noun
Freq #43221
1

closeted maiden; carefully raised girl from a well-to-do family

キャバ嬢
キャバじょう
Noun
Freq #49337
1

Abbreviation

hostess (in a hostess bar)

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