郎女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
郎 女
いら(つ)
Grade: S 		め
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
郞女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From いら (ira, “kinship”) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 女(め) (me, “female”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iɾa̠t͡sɨme̞]

Noun

郎(いらつ)女(め) • (iratsume) 

  1. (archaic, familiar) synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “a young girl or woman”)
    Antonym: 郎子 (iratsuko)
    大(おお)伴(ともの)坂(さかの)上(うえの)郎(いらつ)女(め)
    -
    Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
    (literally, “Lady of the Sakanoue of the Ōtomo”)

See also

  • 大(おお)郎(いらつ)女(め) (ōiratsume)
  • 郎(いらつ)姫(ひめ) (iratsuhime)
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