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嬢

娘

Reading

Kana: じょう
Romaji: jō
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

unmarried woman

n-suf
2

Miss

Note: after a name
3

-ess; -ette

Note: after a line of work

Kanji

嬢
Readings: ジョウ、 むすめ
Meanings: lass, girl, Miss, daughter
娘
Readings: ジョウ、 むすめ、 こ
Meanings: daughter, girl

Example Sentences

お嬢(じょう)さんのお名前(なまえ)は？
➥What's your daughter's name?
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お嬢(じょう)さんに会(あ)わせていただきたい。
➥I ask to see your daughter.
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お嬢(じょう)さんは試験(しけん)に合格(ごうかく)なさったそうですね。
➥Your daughter passed the examination, I hear.
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お嬢様(じょうさま)こちらへどうぞ。
➥This way, please, mademoiselle.
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彼(かれ)はブラウン嬢(じょう)との婚約(こんやく)を発表(はっぴょう)した。
➥He announced his engagement to Miss Brown.
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彼女(かのじょ)はいささかとりすました良家(りょうけ)のお嬢(じょう)さんだった。
➥She was a rather prim and proper young lady.
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娘

Reading

Kana: むすめ
Romaji: musume
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

(my) daughter

2

girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

See also: 子 (reading こ, entry #3)

Kanji

娘
Readings: ジョウ、 むすめ、 こ
Meanings: daughter, girl

Example Sentences

真理(しんり)は時(とき)の娘(むすめ)。
➥Truth is time's daughter.
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娘(むすめ)は未熟児(みじゅくじ)でした。
➥My daughter was premature.
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私(わたし)の娘(むすめ)は分娩中(ぶんべんちゅう)だ。
➥My daughter is in labor.
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こちらは娘(むすめ)です。
➥This is my daughter.
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私(わたし)には娘(むすめ)がいます。
➥I have a daughter.
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娘(むすめ)を女子校(じょしこう)に入(い)れた。
➥I entered my daughter in a girl's school.
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