婦女子|ふじょしfujoshi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounwomen and children
2. nounwoman; grown woman; wife

• Synonym女性じょせいNeutralThe most common everyday word for a woman or female; the most neutral choice, and today's default instead of 「婦女子」.
• Synonym女の人おんなのひとCasualColloquial way to refer to an adult woman; more casual than 「女性」.
• Synonym婦人ふじんWrittenWritten/formal word for an adult woman or lady, carrying an old-fashioned flavor.
• Synonym婦女ふじょWrittenWritten/formal term for women as a group, i.e. womankind.
• Related女子じょしCasualColloquial, dialectal word for a girl or woman, with a regional flavor; lacks the women-and-children sense of 「婦女子」.
• Related女おんなNeutralEveryday neutral word for a woman, also a lover or girlfriend; blunter and more direct than 「婦女子」.
• Related女人にょにんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a woman, chiefly in Buddhist contexts such as 「女人禁制」.
• Related成人女性せいじんじょせいNeutralNeutral term for adult women, typical of statistics and official figures rather than everyday talk.
• Antonym男子だんしNeutralNeutral word for boys or males; the counterpart to 「婦女子」 on the male side.

「婦女子」 covers women and children, or women generally, in written/formal prose — typical in 「婦女子を守る」. For modern speech say 「女性」; 「婦人」 sounds old-fashioned. Beware the homophone 「腐女子」 online. The opposite is 「男子」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 婦人ふじんと子供こども。
2. 婦人ふじん。