WORD DETAIL
令嬢
れいじょう
Examples
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
令嬢is readれいじょうand is a respectful term for someone else's daughter. - Basic usage: It appears in formal introductions or descriptions of a family's daughter in a story.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Respect and relationship
娘is the ordinary word for a daughter;令嬢respectfully refers to another family's daughter. It is not the ordinary way to introduce one's own daughter.
- Not a title of nobility
- In
侯爵の令嬢,侯爵identifies whose daughter is being described.令嬢itself does not mean princess or name a particular noble rank.
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