女人|にょにんnyonin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwoman
   彼かれは自分じぶんの選えらんだ女人にょにんと結婚けっこんした。↗

   He married a girl of his own choice.

• Synonym女性じょせいNeutralThe most general and standard term for women; 「女人」 is largely confined to Buddhist or old-fashioned usage, as in 「女人禁制」.
• Synonym女おんなNeutralColloquial and direct; unlike 「女人」 it can sound blunt or even rude, tending to frame women in terms of their sex.
• Synonym婦人ふじんWrittenWritten and old-fashioned formal, for adult women, as in 「婦人服」; 「女人」 by contrast belongs to Buddhist or classical language.
• Synonym女の人おんなのひとNeutralThe polite, conversational way to say woman, softer than 「女」; unlike the Buddhist or old-fashioned 「女人」, this is ordinary everyday speech.
• Synonym婦女ふじょWrittenWritten word for women, typical of legal and news reporting, as in 「婦女暴行」; 「女人」 instead carries a Buddhist or archaic flavor.
• RelatedレディーNeutralLoanword for 'lady' with a polite or fashionable feel, as in 「レディースデー」 — a modern flavor far from the archaic 「女人」.
• RelatedウーマンNeutralLoanword for woman, used mostly in compounds such as 「キャリアウーマン」; it belongs to contemporary usage, not the old-fashioned world of 「女人」.
• Related成人女性せいじんじょせいWrittenWritten term for adult women, used in objective contexts such as statistics and medical writing; 「女人」 is tied instead to Buddhist or classical texts.

For 'woman' in ordinary use, say 「女性」 or 「女の人」. 「女人」 survives mainly in Buddhist and old-fashioned contexts, e.g. 「女人禁制」, 「女人高野」; for old-style formal language use 「婦人」.

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1. （主おもに仏教ぶっきょうで）女おんなの人ひと。女性じょせい。