女物

女物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	物
おんな Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 女 (onna, “woman, women”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing, things”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) おんなもの [òńnámónó] (Heiban – [0])[4][2]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠mo̞no̞]

Noun

女(おんな)物(もの) • (onnamono) ^{←をんなもの (wonnamono)?}

1. women's goods
2. (theater, specifically noh) alternative for 女能 (onnanō): a noh play with a female protagonist; a noh play with a female cast (popular in the Muromachi period, but banned in the early Edo period)

Synonyms

• (women's goods): 婦人物(ふじんもの) (fujinmono)

Antonyms

• (men's goods): 男物(おとこもの) (otokomono)
• (a noh play with a male protagonist or cast): 男物(おとこもの) (otokomono), 男能(おとこのう) (otokonō)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN