処女

See also: 處女 and 处女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
処	女
しょ Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
處女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 處女 (MC t͡ɕʰɨʌ^X|t͡ɕʰɨʌ^H ɳɨʌ^X|ɳɨʌ^H). /syodyo/ > /syozyo/.

Originally referred in Japanese to a woman in a house ([家(いえ)に]処(い)る女(おんな) ie ni iru onna), more specifically to an unmarried woman.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょじょ [shóꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ʑo̞]

Noun

処(しょ)女(じょ) • (shojo) ^{←しょぢょ (syodyo)^?}

unmarried woman
female virgin (female who has not had sexual experience)
30歳(さんじゅっさい)の処女(しょじょ)
sanjussai no shojo
30-year-old virgin
woman's virginity
彼氏(かれし)に処女(しょじょ)をあげる
kareshi ni shojo o ageru
give her virginity to her boyfriend

処女(しょじょ)を奪(うば)う
shojo o ubau
to take a girl's virginity

処女(しょじょ)を失(うしな)う
shojo o ushinau
to lose one's virginity
for the first time; maiden (voyage, publication etc)

Synonyms

(virgin): 生娘(きむすめ) (kimusume)

Derived terms

処女作(しょじょさく) (shojosaku)
処女性(しょじょせい) (shojosei)

See also

童貞(どうてい) (dōtei): male virgin
(not to be confused with) 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo): a young girl

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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