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dried-fish woman
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Etymology
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Noun
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Etymology
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Calque
of
Japanese
干物女
(
himono-onna
)
.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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dried
-
fish
woman
(
plural
dried-fish women
)
(
Asia
,
idiomatic
,
derogatory
)
A
woman
, especially a young one, who
lacks
a
significant other
.
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