女性 (じょせい) — woman, female

女じょ性せい woman

Frequency #120 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective noun

josei

じょせい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. じょせい[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

woman
female

Explained in simple Japanese

おとなのおんなの人(ひと)。

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Usage examples

建物たてものや機械きかいだけでなく、そこで働はたらいた女性じょせいたちも、この変化へんかを支ささえました。

Tatemono ya kikai dake de naku, soko de hataraita joseitachi mo, kono henka o sasaemashita.

Not just buildings and machines, but also the women who worked there supported this change.

明治維新 — 日本が大きく変わった時 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第4章　鉄道と工場が変えた毎日

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Adjective forms

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