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女
1
Historical term
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
1
Historical term
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa
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girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady
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Archaic
female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
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wife (esp. one's own wife)
Examples
女房の手は店員さんより一回り小さい。
My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
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にょうぼう/にゅうぼう only
court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
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にょうぼう/にゅうぼう only; Archaic
woman (esp. as a love interest)
