令嬢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
令	嬢
れい Grade: 4	じょう Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

See 嬢 (じょう) (jō). 令 (れい) (rei) is a honorific prefix.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) れーじょー [rèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

令嬢 (hiragana れいじょう, rōmaji reijō, historical hiragana れいぢやう)

(honorific) daughter
a daughter from a good family, of excellent or aristocratic upbringing

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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