お嬢さん

お嬢さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嬢
じょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
お孃さん (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 御(お)嬢(じょう)さん (ojōsan)

Etymology

Of お (honorific prefix) +‎ 嬢 (jō, “unmarried woman; daughter”) +‎ さん (honorific suffix)

Noun

お嬢(じょう)さん • (ojōsan) 

1. (honorific) someone else's daughter
   • 2015, Tanabe Chiyuki, Kieta meido to akiya no shitai, translation of Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues by Emily Brightwell, page 136:

     旦(だん)那(な)さんはお嬢(じょう)さんを家(いえ)に置(お)いておきたかったんだ。でもお金(かね)を持(も)っているのはお嬢(じょう)さんだからね。ルールを決(き)めるのは彼(かの)女(じょ)ってことだ。

     Danna-san wa ojōsan o ie ni oite okitakatta n da. De mo okane o motte iru no wa ojōsan da kara ne. Rūru o kimeru no wa kanojo tte koto da.

     The Mister wanted to keep his daughter at home. But it’s the young lady who has the money, you see. So it’s she who makes the rules.

2. young lady, miss (form of address)

   そこのお嬢(じょう)さん

   soko no ojōsan

   excuse me, young lady (said to get her attention)

   (literally, “the young lady over there”)

3. Miss (form of address)

Synonyms

• 嬢(じょう)さん (jōsan)
• 嬢(じょう)ちゃん (jōchan)
• お嬢(じょう)様(さま) (ojōsama)

See also

• 娘(むすめ) (musume) (one's own daughter, generic term; girl)
• お姉(ねえ)さん (onēsan, “older sister; young lady”)