娘

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 娘, read むすめ, denotes one’s daughter and, in polite forms, another person’s daughter or a young woman.
• Basic usage: It refers to one’s daughter and, with a polite suffix, to a young woman who has lost her way.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Daughter and young woman
  • The basic sense is a daughter, while forms such as 娘さん may refer politely to another person’s daughter or a young woman.