女物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	物
おんな Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 女 (onna, “woman, women”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing, things”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんなもの [òńnámónó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠mo̞no̞]

Noun

女(おんな)物(もの) • (onnamono) ^{←をんなもの (wonnamono)?}

1. women's goods
2. (theater, specifically noh) alternative for 女能 (onnanō): a noh play with a female protagonist; a noh play with a female cast (popular in the Muromachi period, but banned in the early Edo period)

Synonyms

• (women's goods): 婦人物(ふじんもの) (fujinmono)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "men's goods"): 男物(おとこもの) (otokomono)
• (antonym(s) of "a noh play with a male protagonist or cast"): 男物(おとこもの) (otokomono), 男能(おとこのう) (otokonō)