大女子

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大 女 子
おお
Grade: 1 		おんな > な
Grade: 1 		こ > ご
Grade: 1

Reanalysis of 小女子(こおなご) (kōnago) as a small sand lance, and using the replacement prefix 大 (ō-, “big”) +‎ 女子 (nago, bound morpheme of 小女子, interpreted as "sand lance") to form an antonym.

Noun

大(おお)女(な)子(ご) or 大女子(オオナゴ) • (ōnago) 

  1. big sand lance

Antonyms

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