Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いら(つ)
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
郞女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From いら (ira, kinship) + (tsu, genitive marker) + () (me, female).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いらつ)() (iratsume

  1. (archaic, familiar) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, a young girl or woman)
    Antonym: 郎子 (iratsuko)
    (おお)(ともの)(さかの)(うえの)(いらつ)()
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    Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
    (literally, “Lady of the Sakanoue of the Ōtomo”)

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