令嬢
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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令 | 嬢 |
れい Grade: 4 | じょう Grade: S |
kan’on |
Etymology
See 嬢 (jō). 令 (rei) is a honorific prefix.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) れーじょー [rèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːʑo̞ː]
Noun
令嬢 (hiragana れいじょう, rōmaji reijō, historical hiragana れいぢやう)
- (honorific) daughter
- a daughter from a good family, of excellent or aristocratic upbringing
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN