令嬢

Japanese
Kanji in this term
令 嬢
れい
Grade: 4		 じょう
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
令孃 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

See 嬢(じょう) (jō). 令(れい) (rei) is an honorific prefix.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れーじょー [rèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

令(れい)嬢(じょう) • (reijō) ←れいぢやう (reidyau)?

  1. (honorific) daughter
  2. a daughter from a good family, of excellent or aristocratic upbringing
    悪役(あくやく)令嬢(れいじょう)
    akuyaku reijō
    villainous, aristocratic young lady (fiction trope)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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