早乙女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	乙	女
さ Grade: 1	おと Grade: S	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
早少女

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さおとめ [sàótómé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠o̞to̞me̞]

Noun

早(さ)乙(おと)女(め) • (saotome) ^{←さをとめ (sawotome)^?}

a woman who plants rice in the fields
a young girl

Proper noun

早(さ)乙(おと)女(め) • (Saotome) ^{←さをとめ (Sawotome)^?}

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN