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令嬢

れいじょう

N1young lady · someone's daughter

Examples

物語では侯爵の令嬢が身分を隠して旅に出る。

会長の令嬢が式典の来賓として紹介された。

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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
    • 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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