乙女心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乙	女	心
おと Grade: S	め Grade: 1	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 乙女(おとめ) (otome, “young girl; maiden”) + 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart”). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おとめご​ころ [òtómégóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

乙(おと)女(め)心(ごころ) • (otomegokoro) ^{←をとめごころ (wotomegokoro)?}

1. feelings and emotions of a young girl (i.e. pure, delicate, with feelings of innocent love, etc.)

See also

• 乙男(おとめん) (otomen)
• 恋心(こいごころ) (koigokoro)