Japanese

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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of めこ – see the following entry.
女子
[noun] wife and child
[noun] wife
[noun] a female child; girl
[noun] a woman
(This term, めこ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Alternative spelling
妻子

From () (me) + () (ko), probably influenced by Middle Chinese 妻子 (MC tshej tsiX).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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めこ (mekoめこ (meko)?

  1. (Classical Japanese) wife and children
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