処女

See also: 處女 and 处女

Japanese

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処女

Alternative spelling
處女 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 處女 (MC tsyhoX|tsyhoH nrjoX|nrjoH). /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.

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
(in compound words) one's first foray into; maiden
処女(しょじょ)作(さく)
shojosaku
one's first work as an author, artist, etc.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN