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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

少女おとめ

N1
おとめ otome
  1. maiden
  2. young girl
  3. young lady
noun

Chinese meanings

少女;年轻女子

Chinese notes

おとめ常写作乙女,也可写作少女;后者在现代通常读しょうじょ。

Examples

  • 「少女」は「乙女」とも書き、「おとめ」と読むことがある。
    少女 can also be written 乙女 and read otome.
    “少女”也可写作“乙女”,有时读作おとめ。
  • 物語に美しい乙女が登場する。
    A beautiful maiden appears in the story.
    故事中出现了一位美丽的少女。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5b32f6a19b'); // 少女
{
  "id": "5b32f6a19b",
  "word": "少女",
  "reading": "おとめ",
  "romaji": "otome",
  "meanings": [
    "maiden",
    "young girl",
    "young lady"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2855480,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "「少女」は「乙女」とも書き、「おとめ」と読むことがある。",
      "en": "少女 can also be written 乙女 and read otome."
    },
    {
      "ja": "物語に美しい乙女が登場する。",
      "en": "A beautiful maiden appears in the story."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "b177ef1f93b160dacb0897aec42310df135d5547cfac4284281c3f900ba78797",
    "meanings": [
      "少女",
      "年轻女子"
    ],
    "notes": "おとめ常写作乙女,也可写作少女;后者在现代通常读しょうじょ。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "「少女」は「乙女」とも書き、「おとめ」と読むことがある。",
        "zh": "“少女”也可写作“乙女”,有时读作おとめ。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "物語に美しい乙女が登場する。",
        "zh": "故事中出现了一位美丽的少女。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/5b32f6a19b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2855480; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "6e910fce2a477e0fda4c0f5800c7c206cee561b57c7c276b1d7f80687e78a2ad",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}