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娘 means 'daughter'
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Kun こ
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See how to use 娘 as "daughter" versus as "young woman." Find out what it means when people say "A bug landed on the daughter-in-a-box" or how a young woman can figuratively be a signboard. Learn why the Japanese would write "parent and daughter" in an ateji way, rather than as 親子. See how various performers and manga characters have connections to 娘, as do Amazonian troops!
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 娘 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 娘 is used 45 times, read 3 ways.
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ジョウ
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noun
1. girl; young (unmarried) woman (archaic)2. (grown) woman; lady (this meaning is restricted to reading じょうし)
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こ
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mother and daughter; (ateji) parent and child
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An additional 5 less common words include 娘 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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