woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
womanly; ladylike; feminine
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
female friend; woman friend
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
women's (of items, articles, etc.); ladies'; for women's use
female court attendant; court lady
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
stupid girl; stupid woman
chasing after women; womanizing
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
philandering; itch for women
ugly woman; unattractive woman; (arch.) female demon
w-sitting; duck sit; sitting position with both knees bent outward and buttocks flat on the floor
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
ladykiller; ladies' man; murder of a woman; murderer of a woman; femicide
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
female company president; female CEO
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes; woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
heroine; female protagonist
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
slit-mouthed woman; malevolent folklore woman with her mouth sliced open from ear to ear
professional female mourner; keener
Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)
woman who brings good weather with her wherever she goes; woman who is always lucky with the weather
being used to socializing with women (of a man)
woman's world; feminine environment
women's language; word used by women
female owner; proprietress; landlady; female head of a household
unpopular woman; woman who isn't well-liked by men
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
feminine man; effeminate man; masculine woman; mannish woman
Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
woman's handwriting; hiragana
female role (e.g. in film); female part; occupation deemed fit for a woman; passive role in a male homosexual relationship
spoony; spooney; having a soft spot for women
womanly; feminine; womanish; effeminate
no-good woman; (female) loser
female adulterer; adulteress
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
masculine woman; mannish woman; feminine man; effeminate man; intersexual; hermaphrodite
street prostitute; streetwalker; lady of the night
woman's looks; woman's charm
female household; household consisting wholly of women
scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
a woman's heart is as fickle as autumn weather
woman employed in a restaurant or teahouse, often for entertainment or sexual services
smelling of woman; womanly; feminine
woman who is popular with men
gentler of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)
infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a woman)
palanquin for high-status women (Edo Period)
female entertainer; geisha
young woman who has given up on love
female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses
for women; women's article
three women make a market; many women, many words; (lit.) three women gathering creates a racket
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
play performed exclusively by women
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
woman's appearance; woman's behaviour; someone dressed as a woman
woman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself
dead fish (woman who is unresponsive during sex); starfish
to disguise oneself as a woman
problems arising from affairs with women; trouble over women
coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease
gentle woman; affectionate woman; beautiful graceful woman
unmanly; weak; irresolute; sissy; acting like a woman
woman's looks; woman's charm
women's beauty improvement; female grooming
female sumo wrestling; female sumo wrestler
good-looking woman; concubine
jail for women (Edo period)
unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
woman who has produced only daughters
square knot (starting with a left loop); double knot; reef knot; granny knot
female hairdresser; coiffeuse
female principal; headmistress
to have carnal knowledge (of a woman)
woman who is financially dependent on a man
Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
mountain witch; akebia (Akebia quinata)
girl's throw; throwing like a girl
gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)
futakuchi-onna; two-mouthed woman; folklore monster that takes the form of a woman with an additional mouth on the back of her head, hidden underneath her hair
womanizer; philanderer; playboy
chaste woman; virtuous woman
female narrator in a silent movie theatre
kanji "woman" radical at left (radical 38)
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
single woman; unmarried woman
the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto
urbane and good-looking woman
A Taxing Woman (1987 film)
female bragging; female conceit; a man bragging about his wife or mistress
woman who hints at having a boyfriend (on social media)
a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
Girl's Festival (March 3)
small woman; young woman; young maid
three women make a market
women will have their wills
prostitute working in clandestine brothel (Edo period)
no man can resist the lure of a woman
frailty, thy name is woman
frailty, thy name is woman
though the woman is weak, the mother is strong
men should be brave, women should be affable
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
men are the strong base to which women cling; (lit.) men are pine trees, women are wisteria vines
the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise
even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)
even a clever woman is bound to mess up; a woman's intelligence only goes so far; female sagacity overreaches itself; (lit.) a clever woman fails to sell a cow
feminine spirit; graceful and kind nature
mistress; kept woman; concubine
imperial princess; royal princess
young girl unused to the ways of the world; woman not serving in the imperial court
prostitute in a brothel disguised as an archery range
hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period)