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子挺身隊ょしていしんたいNounFreq #201123
1

Historical term

women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

武芸者おんなぶげいしゃNounFreq #222625
1

Historical term

female warrior

埋め茶埋茶梅茶うめちゃじょろうNoun
1

Historical term

low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)

格子こうしじょろうNoun
1

Historical term

prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)

沖縄米兵少暴行事件おきなわべいへいしょうじょぼうこうじけんNoun
1

Historical term

1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa

アン王戦争アンじょおうせんそうNoun
1

Historical term

Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)

中部屋じょちゅうべやNoun
1

Historical term

female servants' bedroom

じょNounFreq #28115
1

Dated term

maidservant

NounFreq #53479
1

Rare term

small girl

ょこうNounFreq #64869
1

Obsolete term

female factory worker

じょNounFreq #88589
1

Rare term

naked woman

しょうじょNounFreq #135737
1

Rare term; Dated term

business woman

2

Rare term; Dated term

prostitute

いじょNounFreq #155939
1

Rare term

adult woman; mature woman

ひめじょしNounFreq #174552
1

Rare term

female fan of yuri comics, etc.

独りひとりおんなNounFreq #243829
1

Rare term

single woman; unmarried woman

うじょNoun
1

Rare term

eldest daughter

なごだけ子竹オナゴダケNounUsually kana
1

Rare term

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

ばいじょNoun
1

Dated term

prostitute

権主義じょけんしゅぎNounFreq #274618
1

Rare term

feminism

郎花月おみなえしづきNoun
1

Rare term

seventh lunar month

性祭司じょせいさいしNoun
1

Rare term

priestess

京男に伊勢きょうおとこにいせおんなExpression
1

Proverb; Rare term

the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise

ょうじょNounFreq #1306
1

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady

2

Archaic

female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

ょうぼうょうぼゅうぼうNounFreq #8605
1

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.
2

にょうぼう/にゅうぼう only

court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace

3

にょうぼう/にゅうぼう only; Archaic

woman (esp. as a love interest)