Meaning of 女子(じょし) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 女子 JLPT 3

Kana Reading じょし, おなご, おみなご

Romaji joshi, onago, ominago

Example Sentences

女子, じょし, おなご, おみなご used in context

そこらへんは、男子(だんし)と女子(じょし)とでは違う(ちがう)んだってば。

Obviously that's different for men and women.
コンビニが女子(じょし)であふれかえってて(あふれかえる)、押し分けて(おしわける)中(なか)にはいる(いる)気(き)もせず(する)、そのまま帰った。

The convenience store was overflowing with girls, I didn't have the urge to push my way through them and went home as I was.
「そんなに性格(せいかく)がいい(よい)かな～？」「ありえない。今回(こんかい)もだけど、中学(ちゅうがく)ん時(とき)は女子(じょし(あずさ))のパンツを売りさばいて儲けてた(もうける)し(あずさ)。」

Do I really have that good a personality? "Impossible. After all, there's this time as well, but in middle school you sold off girl's pants all over to bring in the money."
本当に(ほんとうに)献身的な(けんしんてき)女子(じょし)のみがこの仕事(しごと)に耐えられる(たえる)。

Only dedicated girls can endure this task.
彼女(かのじょ)は女子(じょし)高校(こうこう)の入学試験(にゅうがくしけん)に合格(ごうかく)した(する)。

She passed the entrance examination to the girl's high school.
男子(だんし)も女子(じょし)も学校(がっこう)で料理(りょうり)の授業(じゅぎょう)をとるべきだ。

Both boys and girls should take cooking class in school.

Study lists that include this entry

Kanji found in this word

女 JLPT 5

woman, female

On: ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ

Kun: おんな, め

3 strokes

子 JLPT 5

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

On: シ, ス, ツ

Kun: こ, -こ, ね

3 strokes

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