女の人|おんなのひとonnanohito
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- expression, nounwoman今、女の人が1人入っていきましたよ。↗A woman is going into it now.
- Synonym女性じょせいNeutralFormal, neutral word for a woman and the most common of this group, as in 「女性専用車両」; 「女の人」 is the colloquial, friendlier choice.
- Synonym婦人ふじんNeutralOld-fashioned word for an adult woman, now mostly in product and group names such as 「婦人服」.
- Synonym女人にょにんWrittenWritten term for a woman, used mainly in Buddhist contexts, as in 「女人禁制」.
- Synonym婦女ふじょWrittenWritten word for women with an old-fashioned feel; today 「女性」 is normally said, while 「女の人」 is the everyday spoken term.
- Synonym婦女子ふじょしWrittenOld-fashioned word for women, or women and children; in modern usage it also appears as a pun on 「腐女子」.
- SynonymウーマンNeutralLoanword for a woman, used mostly in compounds like 「キャリアウーマン」.
- Synonym女おんなNeutralCan mean a daughter or a female; mostly used as a suffix in words like 「長女」 and 「少女」.
- Synonym成人女性せいじんじょせいNeutralMeans an adult woman; used in formal settings such as manuals and statistics.
- Related女じょNeutralCan mean a daughter or a female; mostly used as a suffix in words like 「長女」 and 「少女」.
- Antonym男の人おとこのひとNeutralMeans a man; the direct opposite of 「女の人」.
For everyday talk about an adult woman, say 「女の人」, as in 「あの女の人」; in formal contexts use 「女性」, the most common term. 「婦人」 sounds old-fashioned, 「婦女」 is an old written word, and 「女人」 is Buddhist written language. The opposite is 「男の人」.
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- 大人の女。


