女友

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Chinese

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female; woman; daughter friend
trad. (女友)
simp. #(女友)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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女友

  1. girlfriend
    女友分手女友分手  ―  nǚyǒu nào fēnshǒu  ―  [the/my] girlfriend wants to break up
    約翰女友發現不忠原來也有今天 [MSC, trad.]
    约翰女友发现不忠原来也有今天 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]
    After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ゆう
Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

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Might be a borrowing from written Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally woman + friend), using the expected Japanese readings for the characters.

Not found in monolingual dictionaries.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じょ)(ゆう) (joyūぢよいう (dyoiu)?

  1. (dated, literary, rare) female friend
    Synonym: 女友達 (onna tomodachi)
    • 1912 [1881], Ishikawa Gian, Zangeroku[1], translation of Les Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau, page 467:
      (した)はしい(ぢよ)(いう)はあつても、(べつ)(あい)(じん)がなくてはならぬ。
      Shitawashii joyū wa atte mo, betsu ni aijin ga nakute wa naranu.
      Even if one has a beloved female companion, one must have also a mistress.
    • 1938 [1917], Kimura Kinji, Gēte[2], translation of Goethe by Georg Simmel, page 50:
      ダルムシュタットの(ぢよ)(いう)は、()るものは()し、()(もの)(けつ)(こん)して(どう)()()つた。
      Darumushutatto no joyū wa, aru mono wa shi shi, aru mono wa kekkon shite dōchi o satta.
      Regarding his Darmstadt ladies, some died, while some married and left the area.
    • 2011 July 31, “Kawashima Yoshiko no Chugoku Joyu wa Shō Kaiseki no supai [Chinese girlfriend of Yoshiko Kawashima was Chiang Kai-shek spy]”, in CNA[3]:
      (いっ)(せい)(ふう)()した(おんな)スパイの(かわ)(しま)(よし)()(じょ)(ゆう)(シャン)(ハイ)のダンシングクイーンの()(れい)(リィリィ)で(ちゅう)(ごく)(じん)のリィリィは(ショウ)(カイ)(セキ)(ちょく)(ぞく)のスパイ()(かん)(そう)(もと)()(たい)(りゅう)(じょう)()であったことを(ちゅう)(ごく)()(ほう)今日(きょう)のフィチャーで(あき)らかにした。
      Issei o fūbi shita onna supai no Kawashima Yoshiko no joyū wa Shanhai no danshingu kuīn no Ri Rei (Rī Rī) de Chūgokujin no Rī Rī wa Shō Kaiseki chokuzoku no supai kikan no sō motojime Tai Ryū no jōfu de atta koto o Chūgoku Jihō ga kyō no fichā de akiraka ni shita.
      In today's feature it is revealed that the female friend of world-dominating female spy Yoshiko Kawashima was Shanghai dancing queen Li Li, and that Li Li, who was Chinese, was a mistress of Chiang Kai-shek's direct subordinate, spy agency head Dai Li, according to China Times.

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN