処女|しょじょshojo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounvirgin (usu. female); maiden
  2. prenominal modifiervirgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity
  3. prenominal modifierdebut; maiden (e.g. voyage)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymバージンNeutralLoanword for a virgin, also used in the sense 'first'; 「バージンロード」 specifically refers to the aisle the bride walks down at a wedding.
  • Synonym生娘きむすめNeutralOld-fashioned word for an unmarried virgin, a pure young girl; it stresses innocence and naivety.
  • RelatedおぼこCasualOld-fashioned colloquial word for a naive girl innocent of the world, carrying a nuance of childish inexperience; 「処女」 is the neutral, formal term.
  • Antonym非処女ひしょじょNeutralA woman with sexual experience; the direct opposite of 「処女」, a plainly descriptive term.

For 'virgin', the neutral, formal word is 「処女」, which also works as a prefix meaning 'first', as in 「処女作」 and 「処女航海」. The loanword 「バージン」 is common; 「未通女」 and 「生娘」 are old-fashioned; the opposite is 「非処女」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (家いえに処ところる女おんなから)未婚みこんの女性じょせい。
  2. まだ性交せいこうの経験けいけんのない女性じょせい。理念りねんとして上じょう義ぎと一致いっちしていた時代じだいもあるが、現在げんざいでは概おおむねこの意義いぎを指さす。
  3. 女性じょせいでまだ性交せいこうの経験けいけんがない状態じょうたい。処女しょじょ性せい。
  4. 「人ひとが立ち入たちいっていない」「未踏みとうの」を意味いみする語ごを作つくる造語ぞうご成分せいぶん。
  5. 「はじめての」「最初さいしょの」を意味いみする語ごを作つくる造語ぞうご成分せいぶん。
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