How to say "daughter" in Japanese

• 娘むすめJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe plain, neutral word for a daughter, most naturally one's own: use it when simply stating the relationship, as in saying how old your daughter is or what she does.
  彼女かのじょは娘むすめの身支度みじたくを手伝てつだった。↗

  She aided her daughter in dressing.
• 女の子おんなのこJLPT N5approx.Common
  expression, nounAt bottom it means 'girl'; for 'daughter' it fits when parents speak of their own young daughter or a new baby girl, the emphasis being on her as a girl rather than the relationship.
  その女の子おんなのこ達たちは、とても忙いそがしい。↗

  Those girls are very busy.
• 令嬢れいじょうCommon
  nounSonkeigo for another person's daughter, and also a word for a young woman; it is not used of one's own daughter, so in everyday family talk it is seldom the word you want.
• お嬢さんおじょうさんJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe polite (teineigo) way to refer to another person's daughter, as when asking a friend or client about their daughter; for your own daughter, use 娘 instead.
  お嬢じょうさんは試験しけんに合格ごうかくなさったそうですね。↗

  Your daughter passed the examination, I hear.

Use 娘 for your own daughter, 「お嬢さん」 politely for someone else's, 「女の子」 when you really mean 'girl' or a young daughter, and 令嬢 only as respectful language for another person's daughter.

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• 娘むすめdaughter
• 女の子おんなのこgirl
• 令嬢れいじょう(your) daughter
• お嬢さんおじょうさん(another's) daughter
• 女じょwoman
• 息女そくじょdaughter (esp. of someone of high standing)
• あんこdaughter
• ドーターdaughter
• 娘さんむすめさんdaughter
• お嬢様おじょうさま(another's) daughter
• いとさんdaughter (of a good family)
• お嬢おじょう(another's) daughter
• いとはんdaughter (of a good family)
• 嬢さんとうさんdaughter (of a good family)
• 愚女ぐじょ(one's) daughter
• 嬢さんじょうさん(another's) daughter
• 娘御むすめご(another's) daughter
• おばこyoung girl
• 娘子じょうしgirl