じょし

じょし

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Japanese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of じょし – see the following entries.

【助詞】 [noun](grammar) Particle: a part of speech in Japanese grammar known as a particle or relational; a suffix indicating the part of speech of the previous element or the mode of the whole preceding sentence or clause. 【女子】 [noun]girl; woman 【女史】 [noun](ancient China) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting. During the Zhou Dynasty, this position was thought to be responsible for protocol and etiquette, changing during the Han Dynasty to handle the records of the inner palace. [noun](ancient Japan) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting under the Ritsuryō system. [noun]Generic honorific suffix for women: Ms. / Miss / Mrs. 【序詞】 [noun]foreword, preface, prologue

(This term, じょし, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)